Annal:1972 Pulitzer Prize for Biography
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Results of the Pulitzer Prize in the year 1972. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
Eleanor and Franklin: The Story of Their Relationship, Based on Eleanor Roosevelt's Private Papers
- 1972 NBA–Biography winner
- 1972 Pulitzer–Biography winner
- Score: 20.22
Eleanor and Franklin is one of the most highly acclaimed biographies written in recent times. Its focus is Eleanor Roosevelt and her complex relationship with FDR. Based on her personal papers and ranging from her birth in 1884 to the death of her husband in 1945, this fascinating study reveals new dimensions in a marriage that had a significant impact on the course of American history.
Written with great insight and sensitivity by an author who was a close friend of Mrs. Roosevelt’s for over twenty years, the volume explores the personal, familial and…
