Scottie, the Daughter of. . . : The Life of Frances Scott Fitzgerald Lanahan Smith, by Eleanor Lanahan (HarperPerennial, $18). Children of the famous often have a difficult time, with distracted pa… ...

Author Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald poses with his wife Zelda Sayre and his daughter Scottie in their apartment in Paris, France on July 16, 1925. (AP Photo) F. SCOTT FITZGERALD.

September 24, Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald is born in St. Paul, Minnesota. Goes to New York to seek his fortune and win Zelda's hand in marriage—but she is unwilling to live on his small salary ...