Quote of the day
At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged.
Booth Tarkington
Born: July 29, 1869
Died: May 19, 1946 (aged 76)
Bio: Newton Booth Tarkington was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams.
Known for:
- The Magnificent Ambersons (1918)
- Penrod (1914)
- Alice Adams (1921)
- Penrod and Sam (1916)
- The gentleman from Indiana (1899)