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Author(s):Booth Tarkington
Illustrator(s):Unknown
Publisher(s): Doubleday, Page & Co.
Year Published: 1927
Type: Hardcover
Genre: American
Families
Fiction - Novel
Historical Fiction - World War I
Romance
Age Range: Ages 13-18: Young Adult
Pages: 887
This is an All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB)
This is an Anthology
OCLC: 3662212

Description

This collection of three novels, TheTurmoil, The Magnificent Ambersons, and The Midlander (National Avenue), chronicle the transformation of a Midwestern city by the industrial revolution.

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Other Editions

The Turmoil (1915)

Two Midwestern families cope with the onset of industrialization. Read online at archive.org.

Publisher: Harper & Brothers Publishers
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The Magnificent Ambersons (1918)

The old aristocracy of a Midwestern town finds itself displaced by the new manufacturing money. Read online at archive.org.

Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Co.
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The Midlander (1924)

The conclusion of a trilogy about the industrialization of a Midwestern city. Read online at archive.org.

Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Co.
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