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2007 Pulitzer Prize


Primarily known for its journalism awards, the Pulitzer Prize has also been awarded for contributions to literacy and poetry over the past ninety years. Previous winners include John F. Kennedy for his book Profiles in Courage and Ernest Hemingway for one of his most famous novels, The Old Man and the Sea.

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Pulitzer Prize Winner - Fiction


The winner of the 2007 Fiction prize was Cormac McCarthy's novel, "The Road". The book tells of an epic journey by a father and son in what was the United States but is now an ash-covered and desperate landscape.

The Road
by: Cormac McCarthy

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by: Cormac McCarthy

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Hardcover - 256 pages
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Shortlist - Pulitzer Prize for Fiction



After This
by Alice McDermott


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The Echo Maker
by Richard Powers

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2007 Pulitzer Prize Winner - General Non-fiction

"The Looming Tower" details the background to the 9/11 terrorism plot - investigating the characters involved and the failure of the CIA and FBI to stop them.

The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda's Road to 9/11
by: Lawrence Wright

by: Lawrence Wright

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Paperback - 480 pages
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Shortlist - Pulitzer Prize for non Fiction

Crazy:
A Father's Search Through America's Mental Health Madness
by Pete Earley

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Fiasco:
The American Military Adventure in Iraq
by Thomas E. Ricks

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Winner - Pulitzer History Prize


The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation
by: Gene Roberts, Hank Klibanoff

by: Gene Roberts, Hank Klibanoff

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Hardcover - 528 pages
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Shortlist - Pulitzer History Prize



Mayflower:
A Story of Courage, Community, and War
by Nathaniel Philbrick


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Middle Passages:
African American Journeys to Africa, 1787-2005
by James T. Campbell

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Winner - Pulitzer Poetry Prize

Native Guard
by Natasha Trethewey


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Also by Natasha Trethewey:
Best New Poets 2007:
50 Poems from Emerging Writers


Shortlist - Pulitzer Poetry Prize

The Republic of Poetry
by Martin Espada

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Interrogation Palace:
New & Selected Poems 1982-2004
by David Wojahn

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Winner - Pulitzer Prize: Biography or Autobiography



The Most Famous
Man in America
The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher
by Debby Applegate

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Shortlist - Pulitzer Prize: Biography or Autobiography


Andrew Carnegie
by David Nasaw

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John Wilkes:
The Scandalous Father of Civil Liberty
by Arthur H. Cash

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Pulitzer Prizes Continued

Rabbit Hole
by David Lindsay-Abaire
Winner - Drama

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Also by David Lindsay-Abaire:
Wonder of the World
...or: Kimberly Akimbo


Sound Grammar by Ornette Coleman
Winner - Music

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Also from Ornette Coleman's back catalogue of Jazz:
Complete Live at The Hillcrest Club
Twins, Ornette on Tenor: Remastered
This Is Our Music
The Love Revolution - 1968 Italian Tour

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