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Theodore Dreiser () is an American author best known for his book Sister Carrie ().

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Theodore Dreiser was born in to a German immigrant father and a former Mennonite mother.

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Overview

Full Name: Herman Theodore Dreiser

Date and Location of Birth
      August 27,
      Terre Haute, Indiana

Date and Location of Death
      December 28,
      Hollywood, California
      Cause: Heart Failure

Parents
      Johann Dreiser
      S�r�h Schanab

Married to: Sara Osborne White

Biography

Theodore Dreiser was born on August 27, , from parents Sarah Schanab and Johann Dreiser in Terre Haute, Indiana.

He was born the ninth of ten children, and lived a rather harsh childhood with his family. During the first sixteen years of his life he moved around in Indiana, living in five different towns, including a brief stint in Chicago; at times, he only moved with part of his enti