Mary's Neck

Booth Tarkington (1869–1946), an eminent American novelist and dramatist, garnered significant acclaim during the early 20th century, with a career punctuated by two Pulitzer Prizes in Fiction for his distinguished novels 'The Magnificent Ambersons' in 1919 and 'Alice Adams' in 1921. Born Newton Booth Tarkington in Indianapolis, Indiana, he became one of the most beloved chroniclers of Midwestern ...