Conrad Richter
Posted by PA Heritage Staff on Nov 25, 2013 in | Comments Off on Conrad Richter Proudly claimed as a native son by Pennsylvanians, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Conrad Richter (1890-1968) was born and raised in Pine Grove, in western Schuylkill County, about thirty-five miles north of Harrisburg. Work took him increasingly westward until, in 1928, he and his wife. Harvena Achenbach Richter, relocated to Albuquerque, New Mexico, which provided material for his first...read more