In the Arena

Booth Tarkinton was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novels The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams. In the Arena contains six short stories centered on Western politics. Booth Tarkington deals with reformers and machine politicians, lobbyists, lawmakers, office seekers, bosses and voters. The characters are real and vigorous types created by an author who had practical political experience. This book is recommended for high school and adult readers.