Light in the Forest

Conrad Richter was born in Pennsylvania, the son, grandson, nephew, and great-nephew of clergymen. He was intended for the ministry, but at thirteen he declines a scholarship and left preperatory school for high school, from which he graduated at fifteen. After graduation, he went to work. His family on his mother's side was identified with the early American scene, and from boyhood on he was saturated with tales and the color of Eastern pioneer days. In 1928 he and his small family moved to New Mexico, where his heart and mind were soon caputred by the Southwest. From this time on he devoted himself to fiction.The Sea of GrassandThe Treeswere awarded the gold medal of the Societies of Libraries of New York University in 1942.The Townreceived the Pulitzer Prize in 1951, andThe Waters of Kronoswon the 1960 National Book Award for fiction. His other novels includedThe Fields(1946),The Lady(1957),A Simple Honorable Man(1962),The Grandfathers(1964),A Country of Strangers(1966; a companion toThe Light in the Forest), andThe Aristocrat, published just before his death in 1968.Richter, Conrad is the author of 'Light in the Forest', published 2004 under ISBN 9781400077885 and ISBN 1400077885.