Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography.
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O'Neill, Son and Artist by Louis Sheaffer
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O'Neill, Son and Artist brings Louis Sheaffer's monumental biography of America's foremost playwright to a poignant, dramatic conclusion. Together with …
Phil in SF says: 1974 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Biography
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The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert A. Caro
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The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York is a 1974 biography of Robert Moses by Robert …
Phil in SF says: 1975 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Biography
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Edith Wharton by R. W. B. Lewis
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A full-scale critical biography of the turn-of-the-century American novelist, detailing the relation between her life and works, assessing her literary …
Phil in SF says: 1976 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Biography
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A Prince of Our Disorder by John E. Mack
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When this Pulitzer Prize–winning biography first appeared in 1976, it rescued T.E. Lawrence from the mythologizing that had seemed to …
Phil in SF says: 1977 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Biography
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Samuel Johnson by Walter Jackson Bate
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This all-embracing narrative of Samuel John-son's life, character, and work brings into brilliant focus the most fascinating, influential figure of …
Phil in SF says: 1978 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Biography
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Days of Sorrow and Pain by Leonard Baker
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Days of Sorrow and Pain tells the story of the Berlin Jews under the Nazis. It is the tale of …
Phil in SF says: 1979 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Biography
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The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris
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A biography of Theodore Roosevelt, covering the years from his birth in 1858 to 1901 when, with the death of …
Phil in SF says: 1980 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Biography
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Peter the Great by Robert K. Massie
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A TITAN OF HISTORY, a maker of the modern world, a man of immense fascination, Peter the Great is brought …
Phil in SF says: 1981 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Biography
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Grant: A Biography by William S. McFeely
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This is a biography of a mid-nineteenth-century Ohio boy who couldn't hold a job but became the nation's commanding general …
Phil in SF says: 1982 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Biography
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Russell Baker is the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist of the New York Times, and Growing Up is his enchanting memoir. …
Phil in SF says: 1983 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Biography
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Booker T. Washington by Louis R. Harlan
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The first volume of Louis R. Harlan's biography of Booker T. Washington, The Making of a Black Lead, 1856—1901, …
Phil in SF says: 1984 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Biography
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The Life and Times of Cotton Mather by Kenneth Silverman
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Presents a comprehensive look at the quintessential Puritan, from his private home life to his involvement in the Salem witch …
Phil in SF says: 1985 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Biography
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Louise Bogan by Elizabeth Frank
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This moving, beautifully rounded portrait explores the life and art of the celebrated poet and New Yorker critic who was, …
Phil in SF says: 1986 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Biography
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Bearing the Cross by David J. Garrow
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Bearing the Cross is the most comprehensive book ever written about the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As …
Phil in SF says: 1987 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Biography
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Based on the papers of the Wolfe Estate, this biography reveals for the first time the personal life of the …
Phil in SF says: 1988 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Biography
