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The turmoil, a novel

by Booth Tarkington · 1915

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Booth Tarkington grew up in Indianapolis, and attended Princeton University. He set much of his fiction in Indiana. Tarkington was one of the more popular novelists of his time, and in 1921 booksellers rated him in a poll as the most significant contemporary American author. -Wikipedia entry for Tarkington

FictionChildren of the rich in fictionSocial classes in fictionYoung men in fictionSocial classesChildren of the richMiddle West in fictionYoung menCity and town life in fictionCity and town lifeAmerican fiction (fictional works by one author)Fiction, coming of age