Merlo J. Pusey
Merlo John Pusey (February 3, 1902 – November 22, 1985) was an American biographer and editorial writer. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography[1] and the Bancroft Prize for his 1951 biography of Charles Evans Hughes.
A native of Woodruff, Utah, Pusey worked for The Washington Post from 1928 to 1971.[citation needed]
Pusey was a Latter-day Saint.[2]
Books
- The Supreme Court Crisis (Macmillan, 1937)
- Big Government: Can We Control It? (Harper, 1945)
- Charles Evans Hughes (Macmillan, 1951) – Pulitzer Prize[1]
- Eisenhower, the President (Macmillan, 1956)
- The Way We Go to War (Houghton Mifflin, 1969)
- The U.S.A. Astride the Globe (Houghton Mifflin, 1971)
- Eugene Meyer (Knopf, 1974)
- Builders of the Kingdom, George A. Smith, John Henry Smith, George Albert Smith (Brigham Young University, c1981)
References
- ^ a b "Biography or Autobiography". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
- ^ Latter-day Saint / Mormon Pulitzer Prize Winners
- "Merlo J. Pusey Dies; Justice's Biographer Won a Pulitzer Prize". New York Times 24 Nov. 1985: 44.
External links
- Papers of Merlo J. Pusey, Manuscript and Materials regarding Eisenhower the President, Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library
- Merlo John Pusey at Library of Congress, with 13 library catalog records
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