Norman Mailer: Works and Days

Quickly (18 April 1956)

A "Quickly" column on the deaths of six U.S. Marine recruits at Parris Island — later reprinted in Dissent as "The Tragedy at Parris Island."

A “Quickly” installment in The Village Voice discussing the deaths of six U.S. Marines at Parris Island.

Rpt: as “The Tragedy at Parris Island,” Dissent 3 (fall 1956), 435–37.

First published: 1956-04-18
Form: column
Lennon & Lennon: 56.15
Cite as: /works/1956-04-18-quickly
Last updated: 2026-05-23