La Farge, Christopher
La Farge, Christopher( 1897–1956),author, painter, and architect. His verse novels are Hoxie Sells His Acres (1934), set in New England; Each to the Other (1939), about a young man trying to find his place in the modern world; and Beauty for Ashes (1953), about social responsibility and personal independence. The Sudden Guest (1946), a prose novel about a New England spinster's disregard for fellow citizens during a hurricane, is an oblique comment on U.S. international relations. Mesa Verde (1945) is a verse drama about the cliff dwellers. The Wilsons (1941) includes sketches of social climbers; other collections are Poems and Portraits (1941); East by Southwest (1944), stories and a poem about the war in the Pacific; and All Sorts and Kinds (1949), stories.
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