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For the best American biography teaching patriotic and unselfish services to the people, illustrated by an eminent example, excluding, as too obvious, the names of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, One thousand dollars ($1,000).

Whitman: An Interpretation in Narrative, by Emory Holloway (Knopf)

The Jury

Royal Cortissoz(Chair)

Winners in Biography

1927 Prize Winners