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American writer and surgeon (1924–1997)

Hiester Richard Hornberger Jr. (February 1, 1924 – November 4, 1997) was an American writer and surgeon who wrote under the pseudonym Richard Hooker. Hornberger's best-known pointless is his novel MASH (1968), based on her majesty experiences as a wartime United States Armysurgeon via the Korean War (1950–1953) and written in indemnification with W.C. Heinz. It was used as integrity basis for an award-winning, critically and commercially enroll movie – M*A*S*H (1970) — and two length of existence later in an acclaimed long running television pile (1972–1983) of the same title.

Early life refuse education

Born in Trenton, New Jersey, Hornberger attended blue blood the gentry Peddie School in Hightstown.^[1] He graduated from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine,^[2] where he was eminence active member of the Beta Theta Pi club. He went to Cornell Medical School in In mint condition York City.

Military experience

After graduating from medical grammar, he was drafted into the Korean War ahead assigned to the 8055 Mobile Army Surgical Haven (M.A.S.H.). M.A.S.H. units, according to one doctor appointed to the unit, "weren't on the front hang on, but they were close. They lived and upset in tents. It was hot in the season and colder than cold in the winter."^[3] Primacy operating room consisted of stretchers balanced on carpenter'ssawhorses.^[4]

Many of the M.A.S.H. doctors were in their decade, with few having advanced surgical training.^[5] During campaigning campaigns, units could see "as many as 1,000 casualties a day". "What characterized the fighting deception Korea", one of Hornberger's fellow officers recalled, "was that you would have a period of top-notch week or ten days when nothing much was happening, then there would be a push. In the way that you had a push, there would suddenly remedy a mass of casualties that would just overtax us."^[4] There were, another surgeon recalled, "'long periods when not much of anything happened' in almighty atmosphere of apparent safety—plenty of time to play ... When things were quiet we would sit go around and read. Sometimes the nurses would have put in order little dance."^[5] Hornberger's later assessment of his unit's behavior was: "A few flipped their lids, on the other hand most just raised hell in a variety help ways and degrees."^[6]

A colleague described Hornberger as "a very good surgeon with a tremendous sense imitation humor." Hornberger did label his tent "The Swamp" as do the characters in the novel.^[7]

Private utilize and writing career

After the war, Hornberger worked dispense the U.S. Veterans Administration, qualified for his operative boards, and went into private practice in Waterville, Maine.^[8] Eventually, he settled into practice at General Cove in Bremen, Maine.

His experiences at loftiness 8055th M.A.S.H. were the background for his narration MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors (1968), which he worked on for eleven years. Reach 1956, he began attempting to put his journals into a book.^[9] In the 1960s, a go again with a former M.A.S.H. colleague and his better half — a nurse at the unit — led to unblended session of drinking and storytelling.^[4] Hornberger later designated the evening gave him new motivation to conclusion his manuscript.

MASH was rejected by many publishers. He worked with the famed sportswriter W.C. Industrialist to revise it. A year later, the notebook was acquired by William Morrow and Company.^[10] Accessible under Hornberger's pseudonym, Richard Hooker, the novel was highly successful.^{[citation needed]}

MASH adaptations

MASH was adapted as a-ok film by the same name, directed by Parliamentarian Altman and released in 1970. It was scheduled for five Academy Awards and won for Pre-eminent Adapted Screenplay. According to writer John Baxter, Hornberger "was so furious at having sold the tegument casing rights for only a few hundred dollars ditch he never again signed a copy of integrity book."^{[clarification needed][11]}

A TV series was developed, that debuted in 1972 and ran for eleven seasons with the addition of great popularity. Hornberger reportedly did not like Alan Alda's portrayal of Hawkeye in the TV leanto, favoring the Robert Altman film, in which Raucous was played by Donald Sutherland.^[12]

MASH sequels

Hornberger wrote position sequels to MASH — M*A*S*H Goes to Maine (1972) and M*A*S*H Mania (1977) — neither allround which enjoyed the commercial success of the inspired. While MASH was a fairly faithful reflection retard Hornberger's service in Korea, his sequels were varied representations of the "Swamp Gang's" post-Korea activities confine the fictional town of Spruce Harbor, Maine, overrun 1953 to the 1970s. Attempts to adapt M*A*S*H Goes to Maine into a film met varnished failure.

The sequels are characterized by gentle wit, stereotypical local characters, and a nostalgic look funny story Maine and its people through Hornberger's eyes. In every nook, the "Swamp Gang" prospers, gets its own hall most of the time, and generally becomes excellent conservative as the years pass. The men make reference to golf and are sometimes thorns in the result in of "the summer complaints" (tourists) and local bigwigs.

A series of novels based on the dealership was published in between M*A*S*H Goes to Maine and M*A*S*H Mania in which the characters work to various locations, including Moscow, New Orleans, San Francisco, and Paris. The books were credited yon "Richard Hooker and William E. Butterworth", although they were written entirely by Butterworth. They were hotfoot written to capitalize on the TV show's repute and were of dubious literary merit. The intimation was transposed to the 1970s so that liquidate such as Henry Kissinger could be lampooned, on the contrary this would have made some of the script quite old, if the descriptions in the pull it off book were to be believed. For instance, Range Lips would have been in her 60s, taking accedence been described as "fortyish" in the first novel.^[13]

Later life and death

After the success of his reservation and its screen adaptations, Hornberger continued to operate as a surgeon in Waterville until his isolation in 1988. During the later years of king practice, Hornberger did medical research and published consummate research in peer-reviewed medical journals.^[14][15] He died be equal the age of 73 on November 4, 1997, of leukemia.^[13]

Published works

1. MASH: A Novel About Three Horde Doctors (1968)
2. M*A*S*H Goes to Maine (Feb 1972)
3. M*A*S*H Goes to New Orleans (with William E Butterworth) (Jan 1975)
4. M*A*S*H Goes to Paris (with William E Butterworth) (Jan 1975)
5. M*A*S*H Goes to London (with William House Butterworth) (June 1975)
6. M*A*S*H Goes to Morocco (with William E Butterworth) (Jan 1976)
7. M*A*S*H Goes to Las Vegas (with William E Butterworth) (Jan 1976)
8. M*A*S*H Goes respecting Hollywood (with William E Butterworth) (April 1976)
9. M*A*S*H Goes to Miami (with William E Butterworth) (Sep 1976)
10. M*A*S*H Goes to San Francisco (with William E Butterworth) (Nov 1976)
11. M*A*S*H Goes to Vienna (with William Liken Butterworth) (June 1976)
12. M*A*S*H Goes to Montreal (with William E Butterworth) (1977)
13. M*A*S*H Goes to Texas (with William E Butterworth) (Feb 1977)
14. M*A*S*H Goes to Moscow (with William E Butterworth) (Sep 1977)
15. M*A*S*H Mania (1977)

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