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The Conquest of Canaan

The Conquest of Canaan

Hitchcock, Lucius W.
Tarkington, Booth

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Classic FictionHistorical FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 1417943068
ISBN13: 9781417943067
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Aug 19 2004
Pages: 412
Weight: 1.33
Height: 0.92 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Conquest of Canaan is a novel written by Booth Tarkington, first published in 1905. The story is set in the small town of Canaan, Indiana, and follows the life of a young man named William Baxter. William is a recent college graduate who has returned to his hometown to work as a newspaper reporter. He quickly becomes involved in the town's politics and social scene, and soon finds himself caught up in a power struggle between the town's wealthy elite and its working-class citizens.As William navigates the complex social dynamics of Canaan, he becomes romantically involved with a young woman named Alice Adams. Alice is the daughter of a wealthy businessman and is seen as a social climber by many of the town's residents. Despite the disapproval of some of his colleagues and friends, William continues to pursue Alice and eventually proposes to her.The novel explores themes of social class, power, and ambition, as well as the challenges faced by young people trying to make their way in the world. Tarkington's writing is characterized by its wit, humor, and incisive social commentary, and The Conquest of Canaan remains a classic of American literature to this day.1905. Although his first book was about English romance, Newton Booth Tarkington, winner of two Pulitzer Prizes for The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams, came to be known for his comical (and almost cynical) style of the Lost Generation that characterized the 1920's. The Conquest of Canaan begins: A dry snow had fallen steadily throughout the still night, so that when a cold upper wind cleared the sky gloriously in the morning the incongruous Indiana town shone in white harmony-roof, ledge, and earth as evenly covered as by moonlight. There was no thaw; only where the line of factories followed the big bend of the frozen river, their distant chimneys like exclamation points on a blank page, was there a first threat against the supreme whiteness. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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