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Nevins wrote more than 50 books, mainly political and business history and biography focusing on the nineteenth century, in addition to his many newspaper and academic articles. The hallmarks of his books were his extensive, in-depth research and a vigorous, almost journalistic writing style.
May 16, 2024 · Pulitzer Prize. Allan Nevins (born May 20, 1890, Camp Point, Illinois, U.S.—died March 5, 1971, Menlo Park, California) was an American historian, author, and educator, known especially for his eight-volume history of the American Civil War and his biographies of American political and industrial figures. He also established the country’s ...
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Allan Nevins has 421 books on Goodreads with 6574 ratings. Allan Nevins’s most popular book is The War for the Union: The Improvised War, 1861-62.
Feb 20, 2017 · Authors who imagine they write for the ages should look to the chastening example of Allan Nevins (1890-1971). Once a giant in the field whose name often appeared alongside earlier luminaries such as James Ford Rhodes, Nevins worked almost literally to the end of his long life. A prolific historian and twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize who ...
Jun 8, 2018 · He had been president of the American Historical Association, the Society of American Historians, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Only he knew exactly how much he had written. Ray Allan Billington has estimated that he wrote over 50 books and 1,000 articles and edited another 75 books, but was unsure of the actual total. Further ...
The Evening post; a century of journalism, by Allan Nevins. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1922. American social history as recorded by British travellers, compiled and edited by Allan Nevins. New York: H. Holt, 1923. The emergence, of modern America, 1865-1878, by Allan Nevins. New York: Macmillan, 1927.
See all books authored by Allan Nevins, including Ordeal of the Union, Vol. 1: Fruits of Manifest Destiny, 1847-1852, and Ordeal of the Union, Volume II: A House Dividing 1852-1857., and more on ThriftBooks.com.
