About
A twentieth-century American author, he is best known for his novel, The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters. The work is set during the California Gold Rush and focuses on a fourteen-year-old boy and his father.
Before Fame
Early in his career, he wrote for The New Yorker magazine.
Trivia
He won the 1959 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Family Life
He was born in Illinois. He married Judith Martin in 1945.
Associated With
He wrote a biography of Winston Churchill.
