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.
About the Author: David Levering Lewis is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the two-volume biography of W. E. B. Du Bois.
912 Pages
Biography + Autobiography,

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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.

Review Quotes

"Splendid . . . A landmark of American scholarship. Lewis develops the most convincing portrayal ever written of Du Bois."
--The Washington Post

"Mr. Lewis is a deft and sensitive guide . . . He so vividly evokes the environments that shaped Du Bois that one almost participates in the life."
--The New York Times Book Review

"Lewis's two volumes make up one of the finest biographies that this country has produced."
--The New York Review of Books

About the Author

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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Dimensions (Overall): 9.08 Inches (H) x 6.16 Inches (W) x 1.59 Inches (D)

Weight: 1.85 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 912

Genre: Biography + Autobiography

Publisher: Holt Paperbacks

Format: Paperback

Author: David Lewis

Language: English

Street Date: August 4, 2009

TCIN: 76959775

UPC: 9780805088052

Item Number (DPCI): 247-04-6313

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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