The Town

The Town

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author = Conrad Richter
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country = United States
language = English
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genre = Novel
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release_date = 1950
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media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
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:"For the novel of the same name by William Faulkner, see The Town (Faulkner)."

"The Town" is a novel written by Conrad Richter in 1950. It is the third installment of his Awakening Land trilogy, and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1951.

External links

* [http://www.pprize.com/BookDetail.php?bk=33 Photos of the first edition of The Town]


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