1917 Pulitzer Prize – Biography or Autobiography Winner
Julia Ward Howe
Laura E. Richards and Maud Howe Elliott, assisted by Florence Howe Hall
In Trumbull’s painting of the Attack on Quebec in 1776, there is a portrait of Lieutenant-Colonel Ward, a young, active figure with sword uplifted. His life was full of stirring incident. In 1775 he received his commission as Captain, and was one of two hu…