In the Arena
- ISBN-10
- 1979471509
- ISBN-13
- 9781979471503
- Series
- In the Arena
- Pages
- 122
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-11-08
- Publisher
- Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Author
- Booth Tarkington
Description
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.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.
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