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Arrowsmith

By Sinclair Lewis
Introduction by Sally E. Parry
Afterword by E.L. Doctorow

By Sinclair Lewis
Introduction by Sally E. Parry
Afterword by E.L. Doctorow

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Mar 04, 2008 | ISBN 9780451530868

Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis
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Mar 04, 2008 | ISBN 9780451530868

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About Arrowsmith

With 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 Babbit

Arrowsmith, 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. 

Part 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.

With an Introduction by Sally E. Parry 
and an Afterword by E. L. Doctorow

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About Sinclair Lewis

Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1930, the first American novelist to be so honored. He was born in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, the son of a doctor. After an extremely unhappy childhood, he went to Yale… More about Sinclair Lewis

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Category: Fiction Classics | Historical Fiction

Mass Market Paperback | $7.95
Published by Signet
Mar 04, 2008 | 480 Pages | 4-3/16 x 6-7/8 | ISBN 9780451530868

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