The Life of the Mind in America

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The Life of the Mind in America: From the Revolution to the Civil War
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Author Perry Miller
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre Non-fiction
Publisher Harcourt, Brace & World
Publication date
1965

The Life of the Mind in America: From the Revolution to the Civil War is a book by Perry Miller It won the 1966 Pulitzer Prize for History. [1] [2] [3]

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References

  1. Elizabeth A. Brennan; Elizabeth C. Clarage (1999). Who's who of Pulitzer Prize Winners. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 304–. ISBN   978-1-57356-111-2.
  2. Heinz Dietrich Fischer; Erika J. Fischer (1994). American History Awards, 1917-1991: From Colonial Settlements to the Civil Rights Movement. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 229–. ISBN   978-3-598-30177-3.
  3. "1966 Winners". pulitzer.org. Retrieved 30 March 2015.