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The story follows the life of Ramsey Milholland from being a little lad listening to his Grandfather's feelings about the American Civil War to America's entry into World War One,when Ramsey was in college. Because this novel was written in 1919, we get from Booth Tarkington,... Read Full Overview

When Johnnie comes marching home again, Hurrah Hurrah We'll give him a hearty welcome then, Hurrah Hurrah The men with the cheers, the boys with shouts, The ladies they will all turn out, And we'll all feel gay, when Johnnie comes marching home again The old man and the little... Read Full Overview

When Johnnie comes marching home again, Hurrah Hurrah We'll give him a hearty welcome then, Hurrah Hurrah The men with the cheers, the boys with shouts, The ladies they will all turn out, And we'll all feel gay, when Johnnie comes marching home again The old man and the little... Read Full Overview

He rose from the garden bench where they sat, and gave a complex imitation of what had most appealed to him as the grandeurs of the procession, his prancing legs simulating those of the horse of the grand marshal, while his upper parts rendered the drums and bugles of the band,... Read Full Overview

When Johnnie comes marching home again, Hurrah Hurrah We'll give him a hearty welcome then, Hurrah Hurrah The men with the cheers, the boys with shouts, The ladies they will all turn out, And we'll all feel gay, when Johnnie comes marching home again The old man and the little... Read Full Overview

When Johnnie comes marching home again, Hurrah Hurrah We'll give him a hearty welcome then, Hurrah Hurrah The men with the cheers, the boys with shouts, The ladies they will all turn out, And we'll all feel gay, when Johnnie comes marching home again The old man and the little... Read Full Overview

Booth Tarkington (1869-1946) was one of the most popular writers of the early 20th Century, who first achieved acclaim with his historical romance "Monsieur Beaucaire" (1900). But his more characteristic work was found in such novels as "The Gentleman from Indiana" (1899), "The... Read Full Overview

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Newton Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869 - May 19, 1946) was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams. He is one of only four novelists to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once, along with William Faulkner,... Read Full Overview