Conrad Richter may not be a writer of the first rank, but his work has moments of splendor and mythic power. His is a vision of human growth and decency, with work, perseverance, and virtue at its core. Richter's America and the things he prized, those...

Conrad Michael Richter, recipient of a 1961 National Book Award for The Waters of Kronos, a 1951 Pulitzer Prize for The Town, and other prizes for fiction on historical and modern subjects, was born in Pine Grove, Pennsylvania. He resided there and in...

During a career that spanned more than forty years, Conrad Richter published fifteen novels and four collections of short stories about the American frontier. He is now considered to be one of the foremost regional writers of the twentieth century. As...

Conrad Michael Richter (1890-1968), American novelist and short-story writer, depicted the nation's early frontier life and westward expansion. His works, based on his own adventures and research into American folklore, protest man's destruction of his...