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Historians in the News

4-7-08

Daniel Walker Howe: Wins 2008 Pulitzer Prize in history

What Hath God Wrought by Daniel Walker Howe (Oxford University Press) has won the Pulitzer Prize in history for 2008.

Eden's Outcasts by John Matteson (W.W. Norton) has won the Pulitzer for biography.

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