Conrad Richter
Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
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The novelist, born in Pine Grove, wrote about American frontier life. His books include "The Town" and "The Waters of Kronos." A recipient of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award, Richter lived and worked in this house, 1950-1968.
Erected by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
The Story
Born in Pine Grove, novelist Conrad Richter spent his career giving voice to the American frontier and the sweep of the country's settlement, in works such as "The Town" and "The Waters of Kronos." A winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, he returned to his native region and lived and worked in this house from 1950 to 1968. His fiction turned ordinary pioneers into enduring American characters.
Why it matters
Richter helped shape how Americans remember their frontier past, translating the westward story into literature that earned the nation's highest honors.
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