AKA Richard Roberts Lingeman

Born: 2-Jan-1931
Birthplace: Crawfordsville, IN

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Author

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Biographer of Theodore Dreiser

Father: Byron Newton Lingeman
Mother: Vera Spencer

    University: BA, Haverford College (1953)

    The Nation Senior Editor

Author of books:
Don't You Know There's a War On? The American Home Front, 1941-1945 (1970)
Small Town America: A Narrative Hisory, 1620-Present (1980)
Theodore Dreiser: An American Journey (1991, biography, 2 vols.)
Sinclair Lewis: Rebel From Main Street (2002, biography)
Double Lives: American Writers’ Friendships (2006, nonfiction)

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