Alice Adams Author:Booth Tarkington Alice Adams - Winner of the 1922 Pulitzer Prize Book Tarkington Set in the Midwest after World War I, Tarkington's second Pulitzer Prize-winning story revolves around an American woman with high social aspirations who tries to seduce a rich man.
Booth Tarkington won his second Pulitzer Prize for fiction with Alice Adams. He also won for The Magnificent Ambersons. Tragic story of Alice and her family trying to live beyond their means.