The Light in the Forest
by Conrad Richter
Anative of Pine Grove, Pennsylvania, Conrad Richter (1890-1968) had a natural love for the woodsy countryside in which he grew up and a deep appreciation o...
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Conrad Michael Richter (1890-1968), American novelist and short-story writer, depicted the nation's early frontier life and westward expansion. His works, based on his own adventures and research into...
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Conrad Michael Richter, recipient of a 1961 National Book Award for The Waters of Kronos, a 1951 Pulitzer Prize for The Town, and other prizes for fiction on historical and modern subjects, was born i...
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Conrad Richter may not be a writer of the first rank, but his work has moments of splendor and mythic power. His is a vision of human growth and decency, with work, perseverance, and virtue at its cor...
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During a career that spanned more than forty years, Conrad Richter published fifteen novels and four collections of short stories about the American frontier. He is now considered to be one of the for...
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In Conrad Richter's work, The Light In The Forest, the main focus are two main characters, True Son, or John Cameron Butler, and Del Hardy. Richter's omniscient narrator presents each of their...
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Cuyloga is the better father figure for True Son. True Son, in the novel The Light in the Forest by Conrad Richter, was adopted and raised by Indians for as long as he could remember. Therefore, True ...
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