The Book Prize Index

Benjamin Franklin

Carl Van Doren

Pulitzer Prize winner, considered to be one of the best biographies of Benjamin Franklin. The author's son became famous for his involvement in the TV quiz show scandals.

BiographyBiography · high confidenceBiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Biography -> BiographyOpen Library: Biography -> BiographyOpen Library: Franklin, benjamin, 1706-1790 -> BiographyPresidential Biography

Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Pulitzer Prize in Biography or AutobiographyMajor1939FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • Benjamin Franklin90%

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    No argument inferred with sufficient confidence.

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    35 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 55%.