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...rise from $18 to $45 a week (in six years) as a newsman, followed by success as a roving reporter for the Satevepost (1919-1937). In 1928, another champion of doggedness got him started writing novels. Advised his Maine friend & neighbor, Booth Tarkington: "Dig up the biggest blankbook you own and get going. Put down Arundel, page 1, Chapter 1,' on the first page, and keep right on working until you fall asleep...
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