Herbert Agar

Herbert Agar

Herbert Sebastian Agar (29 September 1897 in New York - 24 November 1980) was American journalist, and an editor of the "Louisville Courier-Journal". He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1934 for his book "The People's Choice", a critical look at the American presidency.

Works

*"The People's Choice" (1933)
*"Land of the Free" (1935)
*"Who Owns America?" (contributor, editor) (1936)
*"A Time for Greatness" (1942)
*"Price of Union" (1950)
*"Abraham Lincoln" (1952)
*"The Unquiet Years: USA, 1945-1955" (1957)
*"The Price of Power: America Since 1945" (1957)
*"The Saving Remnant: An Account of Jewish Survival Since 1914" (1960)
*"The Perils of Democracy" (1968)
*"The Darkest Year - Britain Alone, June 1940 - June 1941" (1973)


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