Pulitzer Prize

1973 Pulitzer Prize - General Nonfiction WinnerChildren of Crisis, vols. 2 and 3,Robert ColesIn the 1950s Robert Coles began studying, living among, and, above all, listening to American children. The results of his efforts--revealed in five volumes published between 1967 and 1977--constitute one of the most searching and vigorous social studies e...AmazonFire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in VietnamFrances FitzGeraldThis landmark work, based on Frances FitzGerald's own research and travels, takes us inside Vietnam-into the traditional, ancestor-worshiping villages and the corrupt crowded cities, into the conflicts between Communists and anti-Communists, Catholics and ...Amazon

1974 Pulitzer Prize - General Nonfiction WinnerThe Denial of DeathErnest BeckerWinner of the Pulitzer prize in 1974 and the culmination of a life's work, The Denial of Death is Ernest Becker's brilliant and impassioned answer to the "why" of human existence. In bold contrast to the predominant Freudian school of thought, Becker tackl...Amazon