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His father, Michael Joseph Sr. The diversity in his parents brought him in touch with both worlds, North and South, a factor that probably allowed him to understand both sides in the Civil War. Shaara did extremely well in school, winning more awards in high school than any other student in the history of the school. He received letters for basketball and track and excelled as a baseball pitcher.

His father also taught him to box, something that remained a passion in his life and figured in his writing. Of the 18 matches Shaara fought as a young man, he won Shaara served as a paratrooper for the 82nd Airborne Division, a merchant seaman, and police officer walking a beat.

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He spent the remainder of the s working as a short story writer, predominantly in the science-fiction genre. In , Shaara accepted a position at Florida State University in Tallahassee, teaching creative writing and literature. He served there until Michael Shaara wrote more than 75 short stories in his life.