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Also Known As Paul George Vincent O’Shaughnessy Horgan
Born August 1, 1903 • Buffalo • New York
Died March 8, 1995 (aged 91) • Middletown • Connecticut
Awards And Honors Pulitzer Prize
Notable Works “A Distant Trumpet ” • “Great River: The Rio Grande in North American History” • “The Fault of Angels”
Subjects Of Study history of United States
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