- Was a member of New York's so-called 'cafe society' in the 1930's. A notorious snob, Bromfield's circle of friends included flamboyant Herald-Times columnist Lucius Beebe (who regularly tattled on their comings and goings), Tallulah Bankhead, Clifton Webb and scandalized Broadway star Libby Holman.
- He was good friends with Humphrey Bogart; Bogart and Lauren Bacall were married in Bromfield's house.
- Bromfield was a direct descendant of legendary American frontiersman Daniel Boone.
- Winner of 1927 Pulitzer Prize for his novel, Early Autumn.
- Pulitzer prize-winning American adventure novelist, conservationist and right-wing polemicist.
- Louis Bromfield was an American author and conservationist who gained international recognition, winning the Pulitzer Prize and pioneering innovative scientific farming concepts.
- Studied agriculture at Cornell University, 1914 to 1916, then transferred to Columbia University to study journalism.
- Served with the American Field Service in World War I, being awarded the Croix de Guerre and the Legion of Honor.
- Father: Charles Brumfield; Mother: Annette Marie Coulter.
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