Charles Francis O'Connor was an American actor, painter, and rancher and the husband of novelist Ayn Rand. Frank O'Connor performed in several films, typically as an extra, during the silent and early
O'Connor and Rand's joint grave marker in Kenisco Cemetery.
Atlas Shrugged
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Atlas Shrugged is a 1957 novel by Ayn Rand. It is her longest novel, the fourth and final one published during her lifetime, and the one she considered her magnum opus in the realm of fiction writing.
Frank O'Connor (actor, born 1897)
…after this time. Rand attributed to O'Connor inspiration for some of the themes and characters in her writing, and he provided the title for her novel Atlas Shrugged. In 1954, Rand pressured O'Connor into assenting to her having a sexual affair with Nathaniel Branden. The affair deeply troubled O'Connor and lasted…
First edition
Rand studied operations of the New York Central Railroad as research for the story.
Ouray, Colorado, was the basis for Rand's descriptions of Galt's Gulch.
Ayn Rand in 1943