Arrowsmith

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Signet
Publisher Place: Uk
Publisher Year: 2008
Edition: Reprint

Description: 459 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: With an afterword by E. L. Doctorow—the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of one mans pursuit of intellectual freedom in the face of ignorance and corruption, from the author of BabbitArrowsmith, the most widely read of Sinclair Lewiss novels, is the incisive portrait of a man passionately devoted to science. As a bright, curious boy in a small Midwestern town, Martin Arrowsmith spends his free time in old Doc Vickersons office avidly devouring medical texts. Destined to become a physician and a researcher, he discovers that societal forces of ignorance, greed, and corruption can be as life-threatening as the plague. Part satire, part morality tale, Lewiss Pulitzer Prize-winning novel illuminates the mystery and power of science while giving enduring life to a singular American heros struggle for integrity and intellectual freedom in a small-minded world.With an Introduction by Sally E. Parry and an Afterword by E. L. Doctorow

ISBN: 9780451530868