Donald "The Great Santini" Conroy (April 4, 1921 – May 9, 1998) was a United States Marine Corps colonel and a member of the famed Black Sheep Squadron during the Korean War.
 He was also a veteran of World War II and of two tours of duty in Vietnam.
 He is best known for being the inspiration for the character LtCol.
 "Bull" Meecham in "The Great Santini" which was written by his son Pat Conroy.
The Hero Trilogy consists of the 3 singles: Tragic Hero, Fallen Hero, and Arising Hero.
The Death of Santini: The Story of a Father and His Son is a 2013 memoir written by Pat Conroy.
 It complements the 1976 novel "The Great Santini" which was adapted into a 1979 film of the same name.
Captain Frodo (born 1976 in Haugesund, Norway), also known as “The Incredible Rubberman”, is a Guinness World Record breaking contortionist living in Australia.
 He is the son of a famous Norwegian magician known as “The Great Santini”.
A Germanic hero is the protagonist of certain works of early medieval literature mostly in Germanic languages.
 This hero is always a warrior, concerned both with his reputation and fame, and with his political responsibilities.
 The way in which he "copes with the blows of fate" is extremely important.
 He may be distinguished from the classical hero in that his adventures are less individualistic, and from the tragic hero because his death is heroic rather than tragic.
 His death usually brings destruction, not restoration, as in tragedy.
 His goal is frequently revenge, "hamartia" in a tragic hero.
 The historical era with which the Germanic heroes of the literature are associated in legend is called the Germanic Heroic Age.
The Great Santini is a 1979 American drama film written and directed by Lewis John Carlino, based on the 1976 novel of the same name by Pat Conroy.
 The film stars Robert Duvall, Blythe Danner, and Michael O'Keefe, and tells the story of a U.S. Marine Corps officer whose success as an F-4 Phantom military aviator contrasts with his shortcomings as a husband and father.
 Set in 1962, before widespread American involvement in the Vietnam War, the plot explores the high price of heroism and self-sacrifice.
A tragic hero is the protagonist of a tragedy in drama.
 In his "Poetics", Aristotle records the descriptions of the tragic hero to the playwright and strictly defines the place that the tragic hero must play and the kind of man he must be.
 Aristotle based his observations on previous dramas.
 Many of the most famous instances of tragic heroes appear in Greek literature, most notably the works of Sophocles and Euripides.
Akissforjersey is an American post-hardcore band from Pilot Mountain, North Carolina, the band started making music in July 2004.
 Current members include Zach Dawson, Joey Allen, Tyler Lucas, Bob Gassett, and Parker Williams, with past members including Matthew Bean and Cory Wood.
 The band released their debut studio album "Keep Your Head Above the Water" in 2006 through Tragic Hero Records.
 Their sophomore album "Victims" was released through Tragic Hero Records again in 2008.
 They signed to inVogue Records in 2014 and released their third album "New Bodies" on January 21, 2014.
 New Bodies was considered a breakthrough release upon the "Billboard" magazine charts, where it placed on the Heatseekers Albums.
The Great Santini is a novel written by Pat Conroy and published in 1976.
Tragic Hero Records is a record label founded in Raleigh, North Carolina in March 2005 to represent the growing metalcore and post-hardcore scene of North Carolina.
 The label was founded by Tommy LaCombe, David Varnedoe and Jason Ganthner.
 Alesana was the first band the label signed.
 Among Tragic Hero's best-known signees are Strawberry Girls and A Skylit Drive, whose most recent album reached No. 64 on the "Billboard" 200; Alesana, who later signed with Fearless Records, Letlive, who later signed with Epitaph Records, and He Is Legend, who signed with Tragic Hero for their most recent album after several successful full-lengths on other labels.

Question: The tragic hero in The Great Santini is based on a novel by who?
Answer: Pat Conroy