The Triumphant Empire

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The Triumphant Empire
Author Lawrence H. Gipson
LanguageEnglish
Genre Non-fiction
Publication placeUnited States
Pages414

The Triumphant Empire: Thunder-Clouds Gather in the West 1763-1766 is a book by Lawrence H. Gipson. It won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1962. [1] [2]

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References

  1. "1962 Pulitzer Prizes". Pulitzer. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  2. Elizabeth A. Brennan; Elizabeth C. Clarage (1999). Who's who of Pulitzer Prize Winners. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 302–. ISBN   978-1-57356-111-2 . Retrieved 12 September 2020.