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References
- ↑ "1920 Winners". pulitzer.org. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ↑ Heinz Dietrich Fischer; Erika J. Fischer (1994). American History Awards, 1917-1991: From Colonial Settlements to the Civil Rights Movement. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 13–. ISBN 978-3-598-30177-3.
- ↑ Elizabeth A. Brennan; Elizabeth C. Clarage (1999). Who's Who of Pulitzer Prize Winners. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 280–. ISBN 978-1-57356-111-2.
