Lewis was born on Feb. 7, 1885, in Sauk Centre, Minnesota. He was the youngest of three boys. Their father, Edwin J. Lewis, was the small town’s doctor; their mother, Emma Kermott Lewis, died when ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951), produced such 20th-century classics as "Main Street," "Elmer Gantry," "Dodsworth," and "Babbit," also ...
Fans of Minnesota author Sinclair Lewis will gather next week in Sauk Centre, his home town, to mark the 100th anniversary of his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “Arrowsmith.” Many believe the story of ...
THE MAN FROM MAIN STREET (371 pp.) —Edited by Harry Maule and Melville Cane—Random House ($3.75). Like a good many other U.S. novelists who get a kick out of posing as intellectual primitives, ...
Last Sunday, with Rudy Vallee on the turntable, I slipped on my plus-fours to take a seat on the veranda, sip from my glass of sarsaparilla and dive back into my well-thumbed copy of "Babbitt." OK, ...
In this time of education and truth coming under attack, I encourage individuals to donate to NPR, PBS and public libraries. An informed citizenry has become ever so vital. I donated to a public ...
Exile from Main Street: A Portrait of Sinclair Lewis-a one-man play celebrating the influential author known for his satirical and humorous critiques of society and human nature-will be performed for ...