Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography.
Pulitzer Prize for Biography Public
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A Thousand Days by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. served as special assistant to President John F. Kennedy throughout his presidency—from the long and grueling …
Phil in SF says: 1966 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Biography
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Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain by Justin Kaplan
Mark Twain, the American comic genius who portrayed, named, and in part exemplified America's "Gilded Age.- becomes alive and immediate—a …
Phil in SF says: 1967 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Biography
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The American diplomat's reflections of his years of government service provide insight into four decades of U.S. policy
Phil in SF says: 1968 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Biography
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The Man From New York by B. L. Reid
When John Quinn descended on London and Dublin in the summer of 1902, J. B. Yeats, the poet's father, prophetically …
Phil in SF says: 1969 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Biography
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Huey Long by T. Harry Williams
He was one of the most extraordinary figures in American political history—a great natural politician who looked, and often seemed …
Phil in SF says: 1970 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Biography
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Robert Frost by Lawrance Thompson
Robert Frost's arrival in the United States from England in February 1915 was not a triumphant homecoming. The small but …
Phil in SF says: 1971 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Biography
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Eleanor and Franklin by Joseph P. Lash
No other American marriage has had such far-reaching consequences for history as that of Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt. In outline, …
Phil in SF says: 1972 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Biography
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Luce and His Empire by W. A. Swanberg
In success and influence Henry Robinson Luce was the premier journalist of the twentieth century. The child of American missionaries …
Phil in SF says: 1973 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Biography
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O'Neill, Son and Artist by Louis Sheaffer
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 by Robert A. Caro
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For the sheer magnitude, depth and authority of its revelations, The Power Broker stands alone---a huge and galvanizing biography revealing …
Phil in SF says: 1975 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Biography
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Edith Wharton by R. W. B. Lewis
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
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
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
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
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
