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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

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

The Conquest of Canaan is a novel written by Booth Tarkington in 1905. The story is set in the fictional town of Canaan, Indiana, and revolves around the life of a young newspaper editor named Milton Bancroft. Milton is a young man with big dreams and aspirations, but he is constantly... Read Full Overview

The Conquest of Canaan is a novel written by Booth Tarkington, first published in 1905. The story is set in the small town of Canaan, Indiana, and follows the life of a young man named Frank Shallard, who returns to his hometown after graduating from college. Frank is determined... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview