PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- SELECTIONS FROM AWARD-WINNING ENTRIES -- REMARKS ABOUT THE SELECTIONS CRITERIA -- 1917 AWARD: ABOUT THE POET JULIA WARD HOWE -- HER BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC -- 1918 AWARD: ABOUT THE AUTHOR BENJAMIN FRANKLIN -- HIS MORAL STANDING AND FINANCIAL STATUS -- 1919 AWARD: ABOUT THE HISTORIAN HENRY ADAMS -- HIS STUDIES AND EXPERIENCES IN BERLIN -- 1920 AWARD: ABOUT THE JUSTICE JOHN MARSHALL -- HIS INTENTIONS AS A BIOGRAPHER -- 1921 AWARD: ABOUT THE AUTHOR EDWARD BOK -- HIS WORK FOR THE LADIES' HOME JOURNAL -- 1922 AWARD: ABOUT THE SETTLER ISABEL McCLINTOCK -- HER FAILING HEALTH AND LONELINESS -- 1923 AWARD: ABOUT THE DIPLOMAT WALTER H. PAGE -- HIS RESIGNATION FROM AMBASSADOR POST -- 1924 AWARD: ABOUT THE PHYSICIST MICHAEL PUPIN -- HIS NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL PORTRAIT -- 1925 AWARD: ABOUT THE EDUCATOR BARRETT WENDELL -- HIS VISITING PROFESSORSHIP IN PARIS -- 1926 AWARD: ABOUT THE PHYSICIAN WILLIAM OSLER -- HIS PRINCIPLES OF MEDICINE BOOK -- 1927 AWARD: ABOUT THE POET WALT WHITMAN -- HIS EARLY YEARS AS A JOURNALIST -- 1928 AWARD: ABOUT THE CONDUCTOR THEODORE THOMAS -- HIS MOVE FROM NEW YORK TO CHICAGO -- 1929 AWARD: ABOUT THE EDITOR WALTER H. PAGE -- HIS ACTIVITIES AT THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY -- 1930 AWARD: ABOUT THE STATESMAN SAM HOUSTON -- HIS PLANS FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS -- 1931 AWARD: ABOUT THE EDUCATOR CHARLES W. ELIOT -- HIS ESTABLISHMENT OF GRADUATE DEGREES -- 1932 AWARD: ABOUT THE PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT -- HIS INAUGURATION SPEECH CIRCUMSTANCES -- 1933 AWARD: ABOUT THE PRESIDENT GROVER CLEVELAND -- HIS FORMATION OF THE FIRST CABINET -- 1934 AWARD: ABOUT THE DIPLOMAT JOHN HAY -- HIS POLICY UNDER THEODORE ROOSEVELT -- 1935 AWARD: ABOUT THE GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE -- HIS APPOINTMENT AS HEAD OF WEST POINT.

1936 AWARD: ABOUT THE PSYCHOLOGIST WILLIAM JAMES -- HIS EARLY STUDY AND BOOK PUBLICATION -- 1937 AWARD: ABOUT THE SECRETARY HAMILTON FISH -- HIS RETIREMENT FROM BIG POLITICS -- 1938a AWARD: ABOUT THE PHILOSOPHER BRONSON ALCOTT -- HIS FAME AS A THINKER AND EDUCATOR -- 1938b AWARD: ABOUT THE GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON -- HIS PLANS AFTER THE FLORIDA RAID -- 1939 AWARD: ABOUT THE STATESMAN BENJAMIN FRANKLIN -- HIS BEGINNING AS POSTMASTER GENERAL -- 1940 AWARD: ABOUT THE PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON -- HIS VARIOUS ACTIVITIES DURING WORLD WAR I -- 1941 AWARD: ABOUT THE THEOLOGIAN JONATHAN EDWARDS -- HIS DISMISSAL FROM NORTHAMPTON PULPIT -- 1942 AWARD: ABOUT THE AUTHOR HARRIET BEECHER STOWE -- HER SUCCESSFUL BOOK UNCLE TOM'S CABIN -- 1943 AWARD: ABOUT THE ADMIRAL CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS -- HIS LANDING IN THE NEW WORLD -- 1944 AWARD: ABOUT THE INVENTOR SAMUEL MORSE -- HIS MEETING IN PARIS WITH DAGUERRE -- 1945 AWARD: ABOUT THE HISTORIAN GEORGE BANCROFT -- HIS LAST VOLUME OF THE U.S. HISTORY -- 1946 AWARD: ABOUT THE NATURALIST JOHN MUIR -- HIS ACTIVITIES IN YOSEMITE PARK -- 1947 AWARD: ABOUT THE EDITOR WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE -- HIS PURCHASE OF THE EMPORIA GAZETTE -- 1948 AWARD: ABOUT THE POLITICIAN JOHN BIGELOW -- HIS IDEA OF A NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY -- 1949 AWARD: ABOUT THE SECRETARY HARRY L. HOPKINS -- HIS TRAVEL TO THE CASABLANCA CONFERENCE -- 1950 AWARD: ABOUT THE STATESMAN JOHN QUINCY ADAMS -- HIS INFLUENCE ON THE MONROE DOCTRINE -- 1951 AWARD: ABOUT THE STATESMAN JOHN C. CALHOUN -- HIS PRIVATE DOMICILE AT FORT HILL -- 1952 AWARD: ABOUT THE JURIST CHARLES EVANS HUGHES -- HIS NOMINATION AS U.S. CHIEF JUSTICE -- 1953 AWARD: ABOUT THE STATESMAN EDMUND PENDLETON -- HIS START AS JUSTICE OF CAROLINE COUNTY -- 1954 AWARD: ABOUT THE AVIATOR CHARLES LINDBERGH -- HIS ARRIVAL AND RECEPTION AT PARIS -- 1955 AWARD: ABOUT THE SENATOR ROBERT A. TAFT.

HIS NEW TRY FOR PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION -- 1956 AWARD: ABOUT THE ARCHITECT B. HENRY LATROBE -- HIS WORK FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT -- 1957 AWARD: ABOUT THE STATESMAN DANIEL WEBSTER -- HIS OUTSTANDING ROLE AS AN ORATOR -- 1958 AWARD: ABOUT THE PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON -- HIS RETIREMENT FROM FEDERAL OFFICE -- 1959 AWARD: ABOUT THE PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON -- HIS FAMOUS FOURTEEN POINT SPEECH -- 1960 AWARD: ABOUT THE ADMIRAL JOHN PAUL JONES -- HIS LAUNCHING OF THE SHIP AMERICA -- 1961 AWARD: ABOUT THE STATESMAN CHARLES SUMNER -- HIS ROLE AS AN OUTRAGEOUS PHILANTHROPIST -- 1962 AWARD: ABOUT THE WITHHOLD OF THE BIOGRAPHY PRIZE -- NAMES OF THE BOARD MEMBERS VOTING FOR GIVING THE AWARD -- 1963 AWARD: ABOUT THE NOVELIST HENRY JAMES -- HIS FINANCIAL SITUATION IN PARIS -- 1964 AWARD: ABOUT THE POET JOHN KEATS -- HIS WRITING LEVEL IN HYPERION -- 1965 AWARD: ABOUT THE HISTORIAN HENRY ADAMS -- HIS TRAVEL TO PRE-WORLD WAR I EUROPE -- 1966 AWARD: ABOUT THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY -- HIS FAMOUS SPEECH IN WEST BERLIN -- 1967 AWARD: ABOUT THE AUTHOR MARK TWAIN -- HIS WORKING ON THE TOM SAWYER BOOK -- 1968 AWARD: ABOUT THE DIPLOMAT GEORGE F. KENNAN -- HIS GERMAN MISSION IN WORLD WAR II -- 1969 AWARD: ABOUT THE PHILANTHROPIST JOHN QUINN -- HIS AIDS FOR SEVERAL FAMOUS POETS -- 1970 AWARD: ABOUT THE GOVERNOR HUEY P. LONG -- HIS HONORARY DEGREE FROM LOYOLA -- 1971 AWARD: ABOUT THE POET ROBERT FROST -- HIS TEACHING POSITION AT AMHERST -- 1972 AWARD: ABOUT THE FIRST LADY ELEANOR ROOSEVELT -- HER RADIO SPEECHES ON VARIOUS TOPICS -- 1973 AWARD: ABOUT THE PRESSMAN HENRY LUCE -- HIS SUCCESSFUL WORK AT LIFE MAGAZINE -- 1974 AWARD: ABOUT THE DRAMATIST EUGENE O'NEILL -- HIS RETURN TO THE BROADWAY STAGES -- 1975 AWARD: ABOUT THE MASTERBUILDER ROBERT MOSES -- HIS GIGANTIC TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE PROJECT -- 1976 AWARD: ABOUT THE NOVELIST EDITH WHARTON.

HER SUCCESSFUL PUBLICATIONS AND INCOME -- 1977 AWARD: ABOUT THE ADVENTURER THOMAS E. LAWRENCE -- HIS TIME AS ADVISOR TO CHURCHILL -- 1978 AWARD: ABOUT THE AUTHOR SAMUEL JOHNSON -- HIS WORK FOR GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE -- 1979 AWARD: ABOUT THE RABBI LEO BAECK -- HIS SURVIVAL FROM THE HOLOCOUST -- 1980 AWARD: ABOUT THE COLONEL THEODORE ROOSEVELT -- HIS CUBAN BATTLE OF SAN JUAN -- 1981 AWARD: ABOUT THE CZAR PETER THE GREAT -- HIS WORKING AND LIVING PRINCIPLES -- 1982 AWARD: ABOUT THE PRESIDENT ULYSSES S. GRANT -- HIS ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION IN LONDON -- 1983 AWARD: ABOUT THE AUTHOR RUSSELL BAKER -- HIS CHILDHOOD DURING WAR TIMES -- 1984 AWARD: ABOUT THE EDUCATOR BOOKER T. WASHINGTON -- HIS BASIC IDEAS OF HIGHER EDUCATION -- 1985 AWARD: ABOUT THE THEOLOGIAN COTTON MATHER -- HIS PREPARATION FOR PREACHER'S CAREER -- 1986 AWARD: ABOUT THE POET LOUISE BOGAN -- HER LESS HAPPY FINAL YEARS -- 1987 AWARD: ABOUT THE REVEREND MARTIN LUTHER KING -- HIS WINNING OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE -- 1988 AWARD: ABOUT THE NOVELIST THOMAS WOLFE -- HIS BOOK OF TIME AND THE RIVER -- 1989 AWARD: ABOUT THE DRAMATIST OSCAR WILDE -- HIS IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST PLAY -- 1990 AWARD: ABOUT THE STATESMAN NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI -- HIS WRITING PRACTICES AND HABITS -- 1991 AWARD: ABOUT THE PAINTER JACKSON POLLOCK -- HIS BREAKTHROUGH BY PRESS PROMOTION -- 1992 AWARD: ABOUT THE ATTORNEY LEWIS PULLER -- HIS SUFFERING FROM VIETNAM EXPERIENCES -- WINNERS OF THE BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY AWARD, 1993-2003 -- INDEX.