| All the King's Men: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize Harvest Edition Contributor(s): Warren, Robert Penn (Author), Polk, Noel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0156004801 ISBN-13: 9780156004800 Publisher: Mariner Books Classics OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1996 Annotation: Set in the '30s, this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel traces the rise and fall of demagogue Willie Stark, a fictional character who resembles the real-life Huey "Kingfish" Long of Louisiana. Stark begins his political career as an idealistic man of the people but soon becomes corrupted by success and caught between dreams of service and an insatiable lust for power. The model for 1996's best-selling novel, Primary Colors, and as relevant today as it was fifty years ago, All the King's Men is one of the classics of American literature. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Political |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 96019336 |
| Lexile Measure: 1060 |
| Physical Information: 1.9" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (1.20 lbs) 672 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Chronological Period - 1930's - Cultural Region - South |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 10827 Reading Level: 6.8 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 36.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this classic book is generally regarded as the finest novel ever written on American politics. It describes the career of Willie Stark, a back-country lawyer whose idealism is overcome by his lust for power. |
Contributor Bio(s): Warren, Robert Penn: - Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989) won three Pulitzer Prizes, the National Book Award, the National Medal for Literature, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 1986 he was named the country's first poet laureate. |