{"product_id":"arrowsmith-pulitzer-prize-winner-paperback","title":"Arrowsmith: Pulitzer Prize Winner - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSinclair Lewis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSally E. Parry\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eE. L. Doctorow\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith an afterword by E. L. Doctorow--the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of one man's pursuit of intellectual freedom in the face of ignorance and corruption, from the author of\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e Babbit\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArrowsmith, the most widely read of Sinclair Lewis's novels, is the incisive portrait of a man passionately devoted to science. As a bright, curious boy in a small Midwestern town, Martin Arrowsmith spends his free time in old Doc Vickerson's office avidly devouring medical texts. Destined to become a physician and a researcher, he discovers that societal forces of ignorance, greed, and corruption can be as life-threatening as the plague. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart satire, part morality tale, Lewis's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel illuminates the mystery and power of science while giving enduring life to a singular American hero's struggle for integrity and intellectual freedom in a small-minded world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith an Introduction by Sally E. Parry \u003cbr\u003eand an Afterword by E. L. Doctorow\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarry Sinclair Lewis \u003c\/b\u003e(1885-1951) was born in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, the son of a country doctor. After graduating from Yale in 1907, he went to New York, tried freelance work for a time, and then worked in a variety of editorial positions from the East Coast to California.\u003ci\u003e Main Street \u003c\/i\u003e(1920) was his first successful novel. In the decade that followed, Lewis published four other acclaimed novels of social criticism--\u003ci\u003eBabbitt\u003c\/i\u003e (1922), \u003ci\u003e Arrowsmith\u003c\/i\u003e (1925), \u003ci\u003eElmer Gantry\u003c\/i\u003e (1927), and\u003ci\u003e Dodsworth\u003c\/i\u003e (1929). In 1930 he became the first American to win the Nobel Prize for literature. He continued to write both novels and plays for another two decades, publishing his last work, \u003ci\u003eWorld So Wide\u003c\/i\u003e (1951), shortly before his death in Rome. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSally E. Parry\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, and Director of General Education at Illinois State University. She is currently the Executive Director of the Sinclair Lewis Society and editor of the Sinclair Lewis Society Newsletter. She has edited two collections of short stories by Sinclair Lewis, \u003ci\u003e Go East, Young Man: Sinclair Lewis on Class in America \u003c\/i\u003e(2005) and\u003ci\u003e The Minnesota Stories of Sinclair Lewis \u003c\/i\u003e(2005), and with Robert L. McLaughlin, written \u003ci\u003eWe'll Always Have the Movies: American Cinema During World War II\u003c\/i\u003e (2006). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eE. L. Doctorow\u003c\/b\u003e is one of America's preeminent men of letters. His novels include\u003ci\u003e The Waterworks\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRagtime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Book of Daniel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Loon Lake\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWorld's Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Lives of the Poets\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Billy Bathgate\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWelcome to Hard Times\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has garnered the National Book Critics Circle Award twice, the National Book Award, the PEN\/Faulkner Award, the Edith Wharton Citation for Fiction, and the William Dean Howells medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 6.9 x 4.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 04, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Arrowsmith\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9.5\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 29\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52407038017841,"sku":"9780451530868","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0958\/3486\/5969\/files\/V0F4TUUxQlJ1Y0VOSm9VMjFLMDN1Zz09.webp?v=1768950276","url":"https:\/\/www.welibooks.com\/products\/arrowsmith-pulitzer-prize-winner-paperback","provider":"Welibooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}