Beasley's Christmas Party Author:Booth Tarkington Booth Tarkington was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novels The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams. Mr. Beasley is a quiet man never giving his neighbors any trouble. He is a politician who lives alone. When he begins behaving in an odd manner the young reporter who lives next door decides to in... more »vestigate. What starts out as idle curiosity grows in intensity when Mr. Beasley becomes a favored contender for governor. The story culminates on Christmas Eve. This is a warm heated funny story that was a favorite of Mark Twains.« less