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Prodigal Father: The Life of John Butler Yeats

William M. Murphy

This work is a portrait of the life of the elder Yeats and his family, showing that J.B. Yeats was as worthy of his sons as they were of their father.

BiographyBiography · medium confidenceBiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Biography -> BiographyGoogle Books: Biography & Autobiography -> Memoir & AutobiographyGoogle Books: Biography & Autobiography -> BiographyLiterary Biography

Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
National Book Award for Biography and AutobiographyMajor1979FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • John Butler Yeats84%

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    The work argues that J. B. Yeats was as worthy of his sons as they were of their father.

    Model confidence 62%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    70 / 100 academic

    Academic

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

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 80%.