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Booth Tarkington is one of an elite group of only three writers who have been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for literature more than once. The novel The Turmoil is the first entry in the 'Growth' trilogy of books that focus on the social and economic upheaval brought about by the Industrial Revolution..
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An enjoyable easy read - A good early 20th century family drama.....wealthy driven family shuns the black sheep dreamer in the family since that 'drive and greed' gene seems to have been missed........but is this lack of gumption really the sum total of the black sheep's fate??? I'll not spoil the story, but suffice it to say, the story, while certainly sappy, kept my interest and revealed the fact that there have been obsessed business men neglecting their families in the $$$$ quest for a very long time.......i see people i know very well today in several of the characters and this was written in 1915! I love having the perspective on the human condition.....thank you Booth Tarkington.
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First published in 1915
87 works; 11 members
Publisher's Weekly Bestsellers Part I - 1895-1939
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109+ Works 6,578 Members
Newton Booth Tarkington was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on July 29, 1869. He was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy, than spent his first two years of college at Purdue University and his last two at Princeton University. When his class graduated in 1893, he lacked sufficient credits for a degree. Upon leaving Princeton, he returned to Indiana show more determined to pursue a career as a writer. Tarkington was an early member of The Dramatic Club, founded in 1889, and often wrote plays and directed and acted in its productions. After a five-year apprenticeship full of publishers' rejection slips, Tarkington enjoyed a huge commercial success with The Gentleman from Indiana, which was published in 1899. He produced a total of 171 short stories, 21 novels, 9 novellas, and 19 plays along with a number of movie scripts, radio dramas, and even illustrations over the course of a career that lasted from 1899 until his death in 1946. His novels included Monsieur Beaucaire, The Flirt, Seventeen, Gentle Julia, and The Turmoil. He won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction in 1919 and 1922 for his novels The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams. He used the political knowledge he acquired while serving one term in the Indiana House of Representatives in the short story collection In the Arena. In collaboration with dramatist Harry Leon Wilson, Tarkington wrote The Man from Home, the first of many successful Broadway plays. He wrote children's stories in the final phase of his career. He died on May 19, 1946 after an illness. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original title
- The Turmoil
- Original publication date
- 1915
- People/Characters
- Bibbs Sheridan
- Related movies
- The Turmoil (1924 | IMDb)
- Dedication
- To Laurel
- First words
- There is a midland city in the heart of fair, open country, a dirty and wonderful city nestling dingily in the fog of its own smoke.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Mary stood upon the threshold.
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- Languages
- English, French
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- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 37
- ASINs
- 17
