The Most Famous Man in America

The Most Famous Man in America

"The Most Famous Man in America" is a biography of Henry Ward Beecher by Debby Applegate. Applegate received the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for this book. [cite web |url=http://www.pulitzer.org/year/2007/biography-or-autobiography/ |title= The Pulitzer Board Presents the Pulitzer Prize Winners 2007: Biography |publisher= Pulitzer Prize Board |accessdate= 2008-03-28]

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* [http://www.themostfamousmaninamerica.com/ The Most Famous Man in America (official website)]
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/archives/archive.php?thingId=4529709&startNum=1&pageNum=3 Review of The Most Famous Man in America on NPR's Fresh Air, June 16, 2007]


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