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The Turmoil, a Novel. Illustrated by C.E. Chambers (1915). by
Booth Tarkington
The Turmoil, a Novel. Illustrated by C.E. Chambers (1915). by
Booth Tarkington
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 three novelists to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once, along with William Faulkner and John Updike. Biography[edit] Booth Tarkington was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, the son of John S. Tarkington and Elizabeth Booth Tarkington. He was named after his maternal uncle Newton Booth, then the governor of California. He was also related to Chicago Mayor James Hutchinson Woodworth through Woodworth's wife Almyra Booth Woodworth. Tarkington first attended Shortridge High School in Indianapolis, but completed his secondary education at Phillips Exeter Academy, a boarding school on the East Coast. He attended Purdue University for two years, where he was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity and the university's Morley Eating Club. He later made substantial donations to Purdue for building an all-men's residence hall, which the university named Tarkington Hall in his honor. Purdue awarded him an honorary doctorate....... Charles Edward Chambers (August 9, 1883 - November 5, 1941) was an illustrator and classical painter of the 1900s. He is most-known for his Chesterfield cigarettes advertisements and Steinway & Sons portraits that ran during the early 1900s. Chambers also illustrated stories for writers W. Somerset Maugham and Pearl S. Buck, among others. These appeared in various magazines including, Cosmopolitan, Harper's, and Redbook.
Médias | Livres Paperback Book (Livre avec couverture souple et dos collé) |
Validé | 7 mai 2017 |
ISBN13 | 9781546542162 |
Éditeurs | Createspace Independent Publishing Platf |
Pages | 162 |
Dimensions | 203 × 254 × 9 mm · 335 g |
Langue et grammaire | English |
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