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• Jack Finney was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on October 2, 1911
• Finney published his first article, “Someone Who Knows Told Me…”, in the December 1943 issue of Cosmopolitan during World War II
• Finney's experience living during World War II influenced many of his works, including “The Third Level”
• Finney published “The Third Level” in 1952, only seven years after the end of World War II
• In “The Third Level,” Jack Finney explores the themes of modernity and nostalgia