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Written by American historian and esteemed author ... Not so much a singular biography as a collection of biographies, this 2001 book profiles the hardships that three sharecropper families ...
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow chronicles the life of one of the nation's most beloved humorists and writers in ...
The new biography of Mark Twain from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow covers all aspects of the life of the Hartford ...
American Men of LeffersSeries—Mark Van Doren ... In part, Mark Van Doren’s new biography of Hawthorne is no exception. When it deals with Hawthorne’s life, it follows all the smooth ...
NEW YORK — Historian Ron Chernow's latest work may surprise readers who know him best for the book which inspired the musical ''Hamilton'' and for his biographies of George ... as ''There's no ...
Chernow specializes in big American lives. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his biography of George Washington, and another of his ...
This is a pathbreaking joint biography of two exceptional people ... of a larger process of assault against Native American tribes. The book is also a healthy reminder of the contemporary stakes ...