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A Short Biography of Booth Tarkington

Author Name:

Booth Tarkington

Born As:

Newton Booth Tarkington

Other Names:

Born:

29 Jul 1869

Died:

19 May 1946




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Novelist                          
Selected Works:

The Gentleman from Indiana - 1899
Monsieur Beaucaire - 1900; later adapted as a play, an operetta and two films - 1924 and 1946
Old Grey Eagle - 1901
Cherry - 1901 - January, February Harper's Magazine - 1903 - Book 
The Two Vanrevels - 1902
Poe's Run: and other poems . . to which is appended the book of the chronicles of the Elis - 1904 - co-author, with M'Cready Sykes
In the Arena: Stories of Political Life - 1905
The Beautiful Lady - 1905
The Conquest of Canaan - 1905
The Guest of Quesnay - 1907
His Own People - 1907
Beasley's Christmas Party - 1909
Your Humble Servant - 1910
Beauty and the Jacobin, an Interlude of the French Revolution - 1912
The Flirt - 1913
Penrod - 1914
The Man from Home - 1915 - stage play

The Turmoil - 1915 - first volume of the trilogy Growth
Penrod and Sam - 1916

Seventeen - 1916
The Spring Concert - 1916
The Rich Man's War - 1917

The Magnificent Ambersons - 1918; won the 1919 Pulitzer Prize; filmed 1941 by Orson Welles, remade for TV in 2002; second volume of the trilogy Growth.

The Gibson Upright - 1919 - stage play
Ramsey Mulholland - 1919
War Stories - 1919 - one of Tarkington's stories was included in this anthology
The Country Cousins: A Comedy in Four Acts - 1921 - stage play
Clarence: A Comedy in Four Acts - 1921 - stage play
Harlequin and Columbine - 1921

Alice Adams - 1921; won the 1922 Pulitzer Prize; filmed 1935
The Intimate Strangers: A Comedy in Three Acts - 1921 - stage play
Gentle Julia - 1922
The Wren: A Comedy in Three Acts - 1922 - stage play
The Ghost Story - 1922
The Midlander - 1924 - 1927 re-titled National Avenue; third volume of the trilogy Growth
Women - 1925
Looking Forward, and Others, consisting of "Looking Forward to the Great Adventure", "Nipskillions", "The Hopeful Pessimist", "Stars in the Dust-heap", "The Golden Age", and "Happiness Now" - 1926
The Plutocrat - 1927
Claire Ambler - 1928
The World Does Move - 1928
Penrod Jashber - 1929
Mirthful Haven - 1930
Mary's Neck - 1932
Presenting Lily Mars - 1933 - filmed 1943
Rumbin Galleries - 1934 - essays on 17th century artworks
Little Orvie - 1934
Some Old Portraits - 1939 - essays on 17th century artworks
The Fighting Littles - 1941
The Heritage of Hatcher Ide - 1941
Kate Fennigate - 1943
Image of Josephine - 1945
The Show Piece - 1947.                          
Mother Elizabeth Booth Tarkington
Father John S. Tarkington