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Pulitzer Prize Winners for Biography or Autobiography (1917-Present)

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Margaret Fuller: A New American Life
Margaret Fuller: A New American Life
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The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo (Tom Reiss)
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
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Tom Reiss
George F. Kennan: An American Life (John Lewis Gaddis)
George F. Kennan: An American Life
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John Lewis Gaddis
Washington: A Life (Ron Chernow)
Washington: A Life
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Ron Chernow
The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt (T.J. Stiles)
The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
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T.J. Stiles
American Lion
American Lion
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Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father (John Matteson)
Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father
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John Matteson
The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher (Debby Applegate)
The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher
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Debby Applegate
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin)
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin
De Kooning: An American Master (Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan)
De Kooning: An American Master
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Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan
Khrushchev: The Man and His Era
Khrushchev: The Man and His Era
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Master of the Senate (Robert A. Caro)
Master of the Senate
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Robert A. Caro
John Adams by David McCullough
John Adams by David McCullough
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W.E.B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century, 1919-1963 (David Levering Lewis)
W.E.B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century, 1919-1963
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David Levering Lewis
Vera (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov) (Stacy Schiff)
Vera (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov)
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Stacy Schiff
Lindbergh (A. Scott Berg)
Lindbergh
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A. Scott Berg
Personal History
Personal History
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Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
Angela's Ashes
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Frank McCourt
God: A Biography (Jack Miles)
God: A Biography
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Jack Miles
Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Life (Joan D. Hedrick)
Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Life
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Joan D. Hedrick
W.E.B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race 1868-1919 (David Levering Lewis)
W.E.B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race 1868-1919
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David Levering Lewis
Truman (David McCullough)
Truman
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David McCullough
Fortunate Son: The Healing of a Vietnam Vet (Lewis B. Puller)
Fortunate Son: The Healing of a Vietnam Vet
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Lewis B. Puller
Jackson Pollock (Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith)
Jackson Pollock
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Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith
Machiavelli in Hell (Sebastian De Grazia)
Machiavelli in Hell
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Sebastian De Grazia
Oscar Wilde (Richard Ellmann)
Oscar Wilde
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Richard Ellmann
Look Homeward: A Life of Thomas Wolfe (David Herbert Donald)
Look Homeward: A Life of Thomas Wolfe
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David Herbert Donald
Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership (David J. Garrow)
Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership
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David J. Garrow
Louise Bogan: A Portrait (Elizabeth Frank)
Louise Bogan: A Portrait
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Elizabeth Frank
The Life and Times of Cotton Mather
The Life and Times of Cotton Mather
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Booker T. Washington: The Wizard of Tuskegee, 1901-1915 (Louis R. Harlan)
Booker T. Washington: The Wizard of Tuskegee, 1901-1915
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Louis R. Harlan
Growing Up (Russell Baker)
Growing Up
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Russell Baker
Grant: A Biography (William McFeely)
Grant: A Biography
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William McFeely
Peter the Great: His Life and World (Robert K. Massie)
Peter the Great: His Life and World
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Robert K. Massie
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Edmund Morris)
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
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Edmund Morris
Days of Sorrow and Pain: Leo Baeck and the Berlin Jews (Leonard Baker)
Days of Sorrow and Pain: Leo Baeck and the Berlin Jews
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Leonard Baker
SAMUEL JOHNSON by Walter Jackson Bate
SAMUEL JOHNSON by Walter Jackson Bate
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A Prince of Our Disorder: The Life of T. E. Lawrence (John E. MacK)
A Prince of Our Disorder: The Life of T. E. Lawrence
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John E. MacK
Edith Wharton: A Biography (R. W. B. Lewis)
Edith Wharton: A Biography
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R. W. B. Lewis
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
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