Here we grow the flax and grain; here we raise the meat they eat, and the wool to keep them warm; we cut trees to build their houses and firewood to heat their stoves.

He was born in Chicago Illinois on January 23 1880 and graduated from Princeton University in 1902. He worked as a journalist and was active in promoting social reforms including the ending of child labor. It is considered one of the first fictional works to offer a positive view of unions.

He was born in Chicago Illinois on January 23 1880 and graduated from Princeton University in 1902. His portrait of a New York family titled His Family made him the first recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1918.