Arrowsmith

Based on the lives of the real-life microbiologists Paul de Kruif and Jacques Loeb, Lewis tells the story of Martin Arrowsmith, a physician who invents a new vaccine during a deadly outbreak of bubonic plague.

Does the Vaccine Matter? 2009

Based on the lives of the real-life microbiologists Paul de Kruif and Jacques Loeb, Lewis tells the story of Martin Arrowsmith, a physician who invents a new vaccine during a deadly outbreak of bubonic plague.

Does the Vaccine Matter? 2009

But off the top of my head I can't think of many novelists who have populated their fiction with working scientists (C.P. Snow did, I guess, and Sinclair Lewis's Arrowsmith is a doctor.

Science and fiction ... Frank Wilson 2006

He cites Sinclair Lewis's novel, "Arrowsmith," about a doctor, and other books about scientists as influences.

'The Iliad'—With Ants? Alexandra Alter 2010

He cites Sinclair Lewis's novel, "Arrowsmith," about a doctor, and other books about scientists as influences.

'The Iliad'—With Ants? Alexandra Alter 2010

He cites Sinclair Lewis's novel, "Arrowsmith," about a doctor, and other books about scientists as influences.

'The Iliad'—With Ants? Alexandra Alter 2010

And then he met some doctors out there, and he decided to do a novel about a doctor, "Arrowsmith," instead.

Sinclair Lewis: Rebel From Mainstreet 2002

LAMB: And then Martin Arrowsmith -- or "Arrowsmith," the book, was centered in what location?

Sinclair Lewis: Rebel From Mainstreet 2002

LAMB: While you're speaking about "Arrowsmith," one of the 22 novels -- the Pulitzer Prize.

Sinclair Lewis: Rebel From Mainstreet 2002

And so when "Arrowsmith" won the award, he turned it down.

Sinclair Lewis: Rebel From Mainstreet 2002