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Feb 7, 1885 — Jan 10, 1951· 65 yrs

UNITED STATES AUTHOR · FICTION · BUSINESSMEN

Sinclair Lewis

Also known as: Harry Sinclair Lewis, SINGCLAIR LEWIS

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Harry Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885 – January 10, 1951) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first author from the United States (and the first from the Americas) to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, which was awarded "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters." Lewis wrote six popular novels: Main Street (1920), Babbitt (1922), Arrowsmith (1925), Elmer Gantry (1927), Dodsworth (1929), and It Can't Happen Here (1935). Several of his notable works were critical of American capitalism and materialism during the interwar period. Lewis is respected for his strong characterizations of modern working women. H. L. Mencken wrote of him, "[If] there was ever a novelist among us with an authentic call to the trade ...

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THE driver of the wagon swaying through forest and swamp of the Ohio wilderness was a ragged girl of fourteen.

— from Arrowsmith

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The short stories of Sinclair Lewis (1904-1949)

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The Minnesota stories of Sinclair Lewis

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"Among Lewis's most popular works were the short stories he wrote for magazines of the day. This book collects the finest of these, acerbic tales set in Minnesota that reflect his favorite themes: local boosterism, the plight of strong women, native fascism, the grip of materialism. One of these stories has never been published, and six have not been reprinted since they first appeared. Wickedly funny and surprisingly fresh, these stories offer another look at one of the most important American writers of the twentieth century."--Jacket.

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Mantrap

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No one ever died of a broken heart. Sally Dunphy has had a rough eighteen months. Then she hears that her ex-fiance has taken a dive off a bridge. Convinced that Joe, who had everything going for him, would never kill himself over her, as his note implied, Sally demands some answers. She teams up with rugged Duke Spikowski, an old friend who's also a police detective, to investigate what looks like foul play. Soon Sally finds both suspicious evidence and unexpected romance closer to home than she ever dreamed possible.

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