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16 May

Henry William Hoffman was born in Charleston

Novelist Henry William Hoffman (May 16, 1925-September 12, 2009) was born in Charleston. After his father left the family in the early 1930s, William and his only sibling, Janet, were raised primarily by a domineering but much loved grandmother. A...

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