Author Description

Product Description <br/>In this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, plucky and romantic Alice tries to rise above the crudities of her hopelessly shabby background by lying about her family to attract a wealthy husband.<br/> About the Author <br/>Booth Tarkington (1869-1946), who achieved overnight success with his first novel, The Gentleman from Indiana (1899), is perhaps best remembered as the author of the popular Penrod adventures and Seventeen. He was awarded two Pulitzer Prizes for Literature and in 1933 received the Gold Medal for Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.<br/><br/><br/>Traci Svendsgaard is a veteran of a twenty-five year voice-over career. In addition, she and her husband, Lars, host The Retro Lounge on Jefferson Public Radio. They live a simple life in Southern Oregon.