Mirthful Haven

Booth Tarkington, an eminent American novelist and dramatist, was born Newton Booth Tarkington on July 29, 1869, in Indianapolis, Indiana. As a luminary of 20th-century literature, Tarkington flourished in painting the changing social landscapes of America through the lens of his rich Midwestern heritage. Notably, he is one of the very few authors to have been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fictio...