Pulitzer Prize for History

The Pulitzer Prize for History has been awarded since 1917 for a distinguished book upon the history of the United States. Many history books have also been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction and Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography Two people have won the Pulitzer Prize for History twice: Margaret Leech, for Reveille in Washington, 1860–1865 in 1941 and In the Days of McKinley in 1960, and Bernard Bailyn, for The Ideolog... More

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Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prize  /ˈpʊlɨtsər/ is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American (Hungarian-born) publisher Joseph Pulitzer in 1917 and is administered by Columbia University in New York City. Prizes are awarded...

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Columbia University

Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is an American private Ivy League research university located in New York City, New York, United States. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the...

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