Autobiography of Hoosier Congressman, Ralph Harvey, born in Henry County, Indiana

A compilation of personal correspondence written over a sixty-year period offers insight into the iconic American author's literary personality, his experiences as a German POW, his struggles with fame, and the inspirations for his famous books.

Presents a collection of sixty-five letters written from 1863 to 1865 by the Ovid Butler family of Indianapolis to Scot Butler who served with the thirty-third Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and describes economic and political conditions in their community along with social and religious happenings.

"These letters were written by Booth Tarkington in 1903 and 1904, during his first trip abroad, with his parents and his wife. They were addressed to his three nephews, John (aged fourteen), Donald (aged twelve) and Booth Jameson (aged one). Many years later Penrod was dedicated "by a grateful uncle" to the same three boys, the gratitude being due to the fact that individually and collectively they had furnished so much copy to the avuncular pen."...