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Booth Tarkington was a Pulitzer Prize winning American author best known for writing historical novels such as The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams. Many of Tarkington's books are set in fictional towns in the Midwest near the turn of the 20th century.

In this classic American coming-of-age tale, Ramsey Milholland's journey from boyhood to manhood unfolds against the backdrop of a rapidly changing early twentieth-century America. As he navigates the challenges of college life-including his complex feelings for a passionate... Read Full Overview

"The Turmoil, A Novel" by Booth Tarkington captures the sweeping social changes reshaping the Middle West during the rise of industrialization. This family drama explores the complexities of urban life and its impact on individuals and relationships. Set against a backdrop... Read Full Overview

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

A familiar midwestern novel in the tradition of Sherwood Anderson and Sinclair Lewis, The Turmoil was the best-selling novel of 1915. It is set in a small, quiet city--never named but closely resembling the author's hometown of Indianapolis--that is quickly being transformed... Read Full Overview

Newton Booth Tarkington (1869-1946) was an American dramatist and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist. Among only three other novelists to have won the Pulitzer Prize more than once, Tarkington was one of the greatest authors of the 1910s and 1920s who helped usher in Indiana's Golden... Read Full Overview

A familiar midwestern novel in the tradition of Sherwood Anderson and Sinclair Lewis, The Turmoil was the best-selling novel of 1915. It is set in a small, quiet city--never named but closely resembling the author's hometown of Indianapolis--that is quickly being transformed... Read Full Overview

Booth Tarkington was born in America's Mid-West in Indianapolis, Indiana on July 29th, 1869.

He is one of only three novelists to win the Pulitzer Prize on more than one occasion. When you look through the quality of his work it is easy to understand why. 'The Magnificent... Read Full Overview

Alongside William Faulkner and John Updike, Booth Tarkington is one of just three authors to win the Pulitzer Prize more than once. Tarkington accomplished the feat with Alice Adams and The Magnificent Ambersons, dramas that explored the lives of fictional characters who live... Read Full Overview

There is a midland city in the heart of fair, open country, a dirty and wonderful city nesting dingily in the fog of its own smoke. The stranger must feel the dirt before he feels the wonder, for the dirt will be upon him instantly. It will be upon him and within him, since he... Read Full Overview

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The Turmoil is a novel written by Booth Tarkington, first published in 1915. It is the first book in a trilogy that includes The Magnificent Ambersons and The Midlander. The Turmoil is set in a fictional Midwestern city called ""Fort Wayne"" and follows the lives of two families,... Read Full Overview

Alongside William Faulkner and John Updike, Booth Tarkington is one of just three authors to win the Pulitzer Prize more than once. Tarkington accomplished the feat with Alice Adams and The Magnificent Ambersons, dramas that explored the lives of fictional characters who live... Read Full Overview

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