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The Turmoil is a 1915 novel by American author Booth Tarkington. [1] [2] Written when Tarkington was about 50, it became a #1 bestseller. It deals with the transformation of idealized small town life and the relationship of a father and son. [3] It received favorable reviews from critics.
Newton Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869 – May 19, 1946) was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels The Magnificent Ambersons (1918) and Alice Adams (1921). He is one of only four novelists to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once, along with William Faulkner , John Updike , and Colson Whitehead .
The Turmoil may refer to: The Turmoil, a 1915 novel by Booth Tarkington; The Turmoil, an American silent film based on the novel; The ...
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Civic Theatre's five-show mainstage season includes tributes to beloved literature and classics like "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat."
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Local columnist Donna Marmorstein reflects on how the hardest moments in life are those that stick with us long after they're over. Turmoil, disturbance, cataclysm serve as life's bookmarks: Soliloquy
The Magnificent Ambersons is a 1918 novel by Booth Tarkington, the second in his Growth trilogy after The Turmoil (1915) and before The Midlander (1923, retitled National Avenue in 1927). It won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. In 1925, it was adapted into the silent film Pampered Youth directed by David Smith.