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The Town

Conrad Richter

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#752 of 8,085 books · #145 in Historical Fiction

Won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1951).

This is the concluding volume of the trilogy depicting a pioneer family over the years. In this novel, the town grows and even changes its name. Sayward Wheeler and her husband move from the old cabin into a mansion, and one by one the children set up their own homes. Chancy, the youngest, delicate and spoiled by his mother, is one of the central characters. The book closes with Sayward's death.

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Publisher
Ohio University Press
ISBN-13
9780553119855
Topics
Pioneer life and westward expansionFamily saga across generationsSmall town growth and change

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