Midlander

Midlander

by Booth Tarkington

The Midlander is a novel that follows the story of Dan Oliphant, a man who possesses a prescience about the coming growth of his Midwestern town. Dan's boundless optimism leads him into various troubles, and the novel tells the story of his life through a series of vignettes. The novel also explores the themes of family, socioeconomics, and the question of what is worth doing with one's life.

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Booth Tarkington

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Newton Booth Tarkington was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels The Magnificent Ambersons (1918) and Alice Adams (1921). He is one of only four novelists to win the Pulitzer P...

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