W.E.B. Du Bois: A Biography 1868-1963

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Henry Holt and Company, Aug 4, 2009 - Biography & Autobiography - 893 pages
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The two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning biography of W. E. B. Du Bois from renowned scholar David Levering Lewis, now in one condensed and updated volume

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois—the premier architect of the civil rights movement in America—was a towering and controversial personality, a fiercely proud individual blessed with the language of the poet and the impatience of the agitator. Now, David Levering Lewis has carved one volume out of his superlative two-volume biography of this monumental figure that set the standard for historical scholarship on this era. In his magisterial prose, Lewis chronicles Du Bois’s long and storied career, detailing the momentous contributions to our national character that still echo today.

W.E.B. Du Bois is a 1993 and 2000 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction and the winner of the 1994 and 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Biography.

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Contents

Postlude to the Future
1
Mary Silvinas Berkshire Prodigy
11
Fisk and Josies World
47
Copyright

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About the author (2009)

David Levering Lewis is the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of the two-volume biography of W. E. B. Du Bois. He has been awarded numerous prizes and fellowships, including a MacArthur Fellowship. Twice a finalist for the National Book Award, Lewis lives in Manhattan and Stanfordville, New York, with his wife.

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TitleW.E.B. Du Bois: A Biography 1868-1963
A John Macrae book
Holt Paperback
AuthorDavid L. Lewis
Editionillustrated, revised
PublisherHenry Holt and Company, 2009
Original fromIndiana University
DigitizedOct 1, 2010
ISBN0805087699, 9780805087697
Length893 pages
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Biography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / General
Biography & Autobiography / Historical
  
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