
The Town
This is the concluding volume of the trilogy depicting a pioneer family over the years. In this novel, the town grows and even changes its name. Sayward Wheeler and her husband move from the old cabin into a mansion, and one by one the children set up their own homes. Chancy, the youngest, delicate and spoiled by his mother, is one of the central characters. The book closes with Sayward's death.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Year
- 1968
- ISBN-13
- 9780553119855
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topics
- Pioneer life and westward expansionFamily saga across generationsSmall town growth and change
Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for FictionWonMajor(1951)
Other awarded books from Conrad Richter
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