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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9780877972884 ISBN: 0877972885 Label: Cherokee Publishing Company Manufacturer: Cherokee Publishing Company Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 268 Publication Date: April 01, 2007 Publisher: Cherokee Publishing Company Studio: Cherokee Publishing Company Related Items:
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 Rating:  - A Best Forgotten Pulitzer WinnerI read this novel because it won the Pulitzer Prize in 1924. After reading it I've come to the conclusion 1923 must have been a pretty bad year for good novels or the Pulitzer Prize jury was out to lunch. This is one of most over dramatic, over written, boring novels I've read in some time. The prose is turgid, the characterization is poor, and the plot borders on the unbelievable. Wully McLaughlin comes home wounded from the Civil War and while there falls in love at first sight ... Read More Rating:  - A Neglected MasterpieceThis is a hard-to-find treasure that has been neglected by critics and the general public. As a 1924 Pulitzer Prize winner it shows the unmistakable character of excellence that caught the eyes of the committee eighty years ago. The story represents the very definition of what the jury is to look for in a novel, "the wholesome atmosphere of American life..." The setting is mid-century 1800s. Wully McLaughlin, a member of a Scots community in frontier Iowa, is alarmed by the behavior of his sweetheart ... Read More 
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