Tom Clancy, the master and creator of the military genre, wrote The Hunt for Red October. Clancy and his book have received numerous awards, such as best-selling author, and achieved the honor of being a best-selling book over a four-year period. All the success he has today didn't come easy, and since writing wasn't his first career choice, he also found success as an insurance salesman. Clancy dreamed of joining the Navy, primarily due to his father's experience in the armed forces, and from a young age he dedicated everything he did to this goal; like joining the ROTC program at his schools. Unfortunately for him, he had poor eyesight and was rejected, just like his dream. He spent years developing The Hunt for Red October, as a second career path; during this time he worked selling insurance. Clancy learned more than there was to know about technology, so much so that people thought he was actually getting information from the CIA and with his imagination creating a twist; he soon published one of the greatest military books ever written and created an entirely new subgenre under the military genre, the techno-thriller. Born on April 12, 1947 in Baltimore, Maryland, Tom Clancy begins his journey to become one of the best contemporaries. military authors. He was the son of a mailman who served in the United States Navy. Tom Clancy recalls memories of his father, “taught me to be independent” (Richard Baiocco). Clancy's mother worked in the credit department of Montgomery Ward, a department store. His parents both worked just to send him to a parochial school. He attended a school educated by Jesuits, “Tom remembers that ethics were imposed on him” (Richard Baiocco). Growing up, Clancy was very interested...... middle of paper......t. He went through rejection the right way and learned from it to become a huge role model for everyone in the English field. April 13, 2011.http://www.allwatcher.com/topics/info_3549.aspAll readers. April 15, 2011. http://www.allreaders.com/topics/info_1258.aspBeetz, Kirk. “Thomas L. Clancy, Jr.” Beacham'sPopular Fiction: 1950-present British American. Walton Bécham. Vol.1. Washington, DC: Becham Publishing, 1986. 4 vols. As of today.6http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=5&hid=18&sid=7f802b1e-cda4-40ea-9205-211a180acbeb%40sessionmgr12&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=mjh&AN=103331MSA 157698300005757http:/ /web .ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=5&hid=18&sid=7f802b1e-cda4-40ea-9205-211a180acbeb%40sessionmgr12&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=mjh&AN=103331CSLF1132 0141000018Free book notes. April 15 2011.