Booth Tarkington
2) Penrod
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English
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"A timeless novel in the spirited tradition of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn" --Amazon.com.
3) Seventeen
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English
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Smith Show Media presents the classic Seventeen written by Booth Tarkington and read by Jennifer King.
4) Alice Adams
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English
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The winner of the 1922 Pulitzer Prize in literature and the subject of several well-received film adaptations, Alice Adams is regarded as one of Booth Tarkington's most accomplished novels. The tale follows the exploits of the plucky young protagonist, who disregards her family's low social standing and pursues love with the well-heeled young man of her dreams.
6) Alice Adams
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English
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Social climber Alice tries to push her clodhopper family to the background and assumes airs to win the love of an amiable, wealthy young man.
10) On Moonlight Bay
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English
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Musical about a family that moves to a small town in Indiana, where their tomboy daughter@ begins a romance with the neighbor across the street.
11) Penrod and Sam
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English
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Acclaimed writer Booth Tarkington focuses on the mischievous Penrod and his pal Sam in this junior league detective caper that pits the boys against dangerous murderers.
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English
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"Lily just knows she has the talent to light up the Great White Way, so when a big Broadway producer ... visits her [Indiana] hometown, she expends all the candlepower of her charisma to impress him. He's not impressed. He heads back to New York and Lily follows, thumbing her way east on what she's sure is a one-way trip to instant stardom"--Container.
13) Mississippi
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English
Description
A disgraced Southern gentleman lands a job singing on a riverboat.