About Larry Barretto
Lived 1890 – 1971 (aged 81). Larry Barretto was a novelist, writer and war correspondent.
Laurence Brevoort Barretto (May 30, 1890 – December 30, 1971) was an American novelist and war correspondent. He was the author of several books, and served as assistant editor of Adventure from 1920 to 1924.
His father was Gerard Morris and his mother Laura Brevoort Barretto (a descendant of Hendrick Brevoort, the early New Yorker whose farm became Greenwich Village).
In 1917, Barretto enlisted "in [the] Ambulance Service" and served in France and Europe; in 1919, he was awarded the Croix de guerre 1914–1918.
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Who was Larry Barretto?
American novelist
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Larry Barretto was born on 30 May 1890 in Larchmont.
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Larry Barretto died on 30 December 1971.
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Larry Barretto was a novelist, writer and war correspondent.
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