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==References== | ==References== | ||
| − | *''The Gentleman from Indiana'' | + | |
| − | *''Monsieur Beaucaire'' | + | ==Further reading== |
| − | *''[[The Two Vanrevels]]'' | + | * Tarkington, Booth. ''The Gentleman from Indiana''. Doubleday & McClure Co.., 1900. |
| − | *''In the Arena: Stories of Political Life'' | + | * Tarkington, Booth. ''Monsieur Beaucaire'' New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1900. This work was later adapted as a play, [[Monsieur Beaucaire (operetta)|an operetta]] and two films—in [[Monsieur Beaucaire|1924]] and 1946. |
| − | *''Beasley's Christmas Party'' | + | * Tarkington, Booth. ''[[The Two Vanrevels]]''. New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1902. |
| − | *''[[Penrod]]'' | + | * Tarkington, Booth. ''In the Arena: Stories of Political Life''. New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1905. |
| − | *''The Turmoil'' | + | * Tarkington, Booth. ''Beasley's Christmas Party''. Harper & Brothers, 1909. |
| − | *''[[Penrod and Sam]]'' | + | * Tarkington, Booth. ''[[Penrod]]''. Grosset & Dunlap, 1914. |
| − | *[[Seventeen (novel)|''Seventeen'']] | + | * Tarkington, Booth. ''The Turmoil''. Grosset & Dunlap, 1915. This is the first volume of the trilogy ''Growth''. |
| − | *''[[The Magnificent Ambersons]]'' | + | * Tarkington, Booth. ''[[Penrod and Sam]]''. Doubleday, Page, and Company, 1916. |
| − | *''[[Alice Adams (novel)|Alice Adams]]'' | + | * Tarkington, Booth. [[Seventeen (novel)|''Seventeen'']]. Grosset & Dunlap, 1916. |
| − | *''Gentle Julia'' | + | * Tarkington, Booth. ''[[The Magnificent Ambersons]]''. Doubleday, Page and Company, 1918. This book won the [[1919 Pulitzer Prize]]; and was filmed in 1941 by [[Orson Welles]], and remade for [[TV]] in 2002. It is the second volume of the trilogy ''Growth''. |
| − | *''The Midlander'' | + | * Tarkington, Booth. ''[[Alice Adams (novel)|Alice Adams]]''. Grosset & Dunlap, 1921. This book won the [[1922 Pulitzer Prize]] and was filmed in 1935. |
| − | *''The Plutocrat'' | + | * Tarkington, Booth. ''Gentle Julia''. Doubleday, 1922. |
| − | *''Claire Ambler'' | + | * Tarkington, Booth. ''The Midlander''. Doubleday, Page and Company, 1924. In 1927, this book was retitled ''National Avenue''. It is the third volume of the trilogy ''Growth''. |
| − | *''[[Penrod Jashber]]'' | + | * Tarkington, Booth. ''The Plutocrat''. Doubleday, 1927. |
| − | *''Mirthful Haven'' | + | * Tarkington, Booth. ''Claire Ambler''. Garden City, NY: Doubleday Doran & Co Inc., 1928. |
| − | *''[[Mary's Neck]]'' | + | * Tarkington, Booth. ''[[Penrod Jashber]]''. Grosset & Dunlap, 1929. |
| − | *''The Fighting Littles'' | + | * Tarkington, Booth. ''Mirthful Haven''. Garden City, NY: Doubleday Doran & Co Inc., 1930. |
| − | *''Presenting Lily Mars'' | + | * Tarkington, Booth. ''[[Mary's Neck]]''. Doubleday, 1932. |
| − | *''Kate Fennigate'' | + | * Tarkington, Booth. ''The Fighting Littles''. Garden City, NY: Doubleday Doran & Co Inc., 1941. |
| + | * Tarkington, Booth. ''Presenting Lily Mars''. Garden City, NY: Doubleday Doran & Co Inc., 1933. The book was made into a film in 1943. | ||
| + | * Tarkington, Booth. ''Kate Fennigate''. Garden City, NY: Doubleday Doran & Co Inc., 1943. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Revision as of 16:29, 5 December 2007
Newton Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869 – May 19, 1946) was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novels The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams.
Early Life
Booth Tarkington was born in Indianapolis, 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 first attended Purdue University but graduated from Princeton University in 1893. While at Princeton he was editor of the Nassau Literary Magazine and formed the Princeton Triangle Club. He was also voted the most popular man in his class. When Tarkington's class graduated in 1893 he lacked sufficient credits for a degree at Princeton, where he attended classes for two years. His later achievements, however, won him an honorary A.M. in 1899 and an honorary Litt.D. in 1918.
Career
He was one of the most popular American novelists of his time, with The Two Vanrevels and Mary's Neck appearing on the annual best-seller lists nine times.
Tarkington's best known work today is The Magnificent Ambersons, due in part to its famous treatment by Orson Welles in 1942 and its frequently favored listing on the Modern Library's list of top-100 novels. It was the second volume in Tarkington's Growth trilogy, which traced the growth of the United States through the decline of the once-powerful and aristocratic Amberson family dynasty, contrasted against the rise of industrial tycoons and "new money" families in the economic boom years after the Civil War leading up to World War I.
Legacy
Tarkington donated substantially to Purdue University and has been recognized for his philanthropy. Tarkington Hall, an all-men's residence hall at Purdue, is named in honor of him.[1]
Notes
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Further reading
- Tarkington, Booth. The Gentleman from Indiana. Doubleday & McClure Co.., 1900.
- Tarkington, Booth. Monsieur Beaucaire New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1900. This work was later adapted as a play, an operetta and two films—in 1924 and 1946.
- Tarkington, Booth. The Two Vanrevels. New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1902.
- Tarkington, Booth. In the Arena: Stories of Political Life. New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1905.
- Tarkington, Booth. Beasley's Christmas Party. Harper & Brothers, 1909.
- Tarkington, Booth. Penrod. Grosset & Dunlap, 1914.
- Tarkington, Booth. The Turmoil. Grosset & Dunlap, 1915. This is the first volume of the trilogy Growth.
- Tarkington, Booth. Penrod and Sam. Doubleday, Page, and Company, 1916.
- Tarkington, Booth. Seventeen. Grosset & Dunlap, 1916.
- Tarkington, Booth. The Magnificent Ambersons. Doubleday, Page and Company, 1918. This book won the 1919 Pulitzer Prize; and was filmed in 1941 by Orson Welles, and remade for TV in 2002. It is the second volume of the trilogy Growth.
- Tarkington, Booth. Alice Adams. Grosset & Dunlap, 1921. This book won the 1922 Pulitzer Prize and was filmed in 1935.
- Tarkington, Booth. Gentle Julia. Doubleday, 1922.
- Tarkington, Booth. The Midlander. Doubleday, Page and Company, 1924. In 1927, this book was retitled National Avenue. It is the third volume of the trilogy Growth.
- Tarkington, Booth. The Plutocrat. Doubleday, 1927.
- Tarkington, Booth. Claire Ambler. Garden City, NY: Doubleday Doran & Co Inc., 1928.
- Tarkington, Booth. Penrod Jashber. Grosset & Dunlap, 1929.
- Tarkington, Booth. Mirthful Haven. Garden City, NY: Doubleday Doran & Co Inc., 1930.
- Tarkington, Booth. Mary's Neck. Doubleday, 1932.
- Tarkington, Booth. The Fighting Littles. Garden City, NY: Doubleday Doran & Co Inc., 1941.
- Tarkington, Booth. Presenting Lily Mars. Garden City, NY: Doubleday Doran & Co Inc., 1933. The book was made into a film in 1943.
- Tarkington, Booth. Kate Fennigate. Garden City, NY: Doubleday Doran & Co Inc., 1943.
External links
- Works by Booth Tarkington. Project Gutenberg Retrieved December 5, 2007.
- Works by Booth Tarkington at Internet Archive Retrieved December 5, 2007.
- Booth Tarkington at the Internet Movie Database Retrieved December 5, 2007.
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