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O Strange New World: American Culture-The Formative Years

Howard Mumford Jones

O Strange New World: American Culture - The Formative Years is a book written by Howard Mumford Jones and published by Viking Press in 1964; it won the 1965 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction.

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Award History

2 wins · 3 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Pulitzer Prize in General NonfictionMajor1965WinnerSecondary source
Phi Beta Kappa Book Awards: Ralph Waldo Emerson Award1965WinnerOfficial source
National Book Award for NonfictionMajor1965FinalistSecondary source
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