Louis Bromfield was born on December 27, 1896 in Mansfield, Ohio, USA. He was a writer, known for The Rains Came (1939), Mrs. Parkington (1944) and The Rains of Ranchipur (1955). He was married to Mary Appleton Wood. He died on March 18, 1956 in Lucas, Ohio.
The Rains of Ranchipur, Mrs. Parkington, Brigham Young, 24 Hours, For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Life of Vergie Winters
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He was good friends with Humphrey Bogart; Bogart and Lauren Bacall were married in Bromfield's house.
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Louis Bromfield was an American author and conservationist who gained international recognition, winning the Pulitzer Prize and pioneering innovative scientific farming concepts.
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Pulitzer prize-winning American adventure novelist, conservationist and right-wing polemicist.
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Served with the American Field Service in World War I, being awarded the Croix de Guerre and the Legion of Honor.
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Studied agriculture at Cornell University, 1914 to 1916, then transferred to Columbia University to study journalism.
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Winner of 1927 Pulitzer Prize for his novel, Early Autumn.
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Was a member of New York's so-called 'cafe society' in the 1930's. A notorious snob, Bromfield's circle of friends included flamboyant Herald-Times columnist Lucius Beebe (who regularly tattled on their comings and goings), Tallulah Bankhead, Clifton Webb and scandalized Broadway star Libby Holman.
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Bromfield was a direct descendant of legendary American frontiersman Daniel Boone.
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