1997 National Book Critics Circle Award – Biography/Autobiography Winner and Nominees

Ernie Pyle’s War

James Tobin

When a machine-gun bullet ended the life of war correspondent Ernie Pyle in the final days of World War II, Americans mourned him in the same breath as they mourned Franklin Roosevelt. To millions, the loss of this American folk hero seemed nearly as great…

American Sphinx

Joseph Ellis

Virginia Woolf

Hermione Lee

Walking in the Shade

Doris Lessing