Arrowsmith

The most widely known of Sinclair Lewis's novels Arrowsmith is an incisive depiction of a man committed to science. Martin Arrowsmith a bright interested young man from a small Midwestern town spends his leisure time in old Doc Vickerson's office eagerly consuming medical texts. He is destined to be a surgeon and researcher but he learns that societal forces of ignorance greed and corruption may be just as deadly as the epidemic. Lewis' Pulitzer Prizewinning novel part satire part morality tale illustrates the mystery and force of science while bringing to life a singular American hero's quest for integrity and intellectual independence in a smallminded world.