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Biography: American novelist Newton Booth Tarkington (1869-1946) is known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novels Alice Adams and The Magnificent Ambersons. Tarkington was active in literature and drama at Purdue and Princeton universities; he graduated from neither but received honorary degrees from both. A popular novelist in his time, Tarkington wrote stories featuring the regional flavor of his native Indiana.

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The Gentleman from Indiana
Booth Tarkington

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The Gentleman from Indiana
by Booth Tarkington

A fresh young face in the newspaper business, John Harkless believes in printing the truth. His policy is dangerous in a town terrorized by bandits who attack the journalist and leave him for dead. It is up to his girlfriend Helen to run the paper and find out what really happened to John.

Categories: Romance, Western, Western Romance

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