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(1893-1974) Author, historian. Margaret Leech (aka Margaret Pulitzer) was born in Newburgh, New York, and died in New York City. She was the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes in history, and a associate of many of the members of the Algonquin Hotel Round Table.

Full Name

Margaret Leech

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Author's Timeline

1893

BIRTH

Margaret Kernochan Leech was born in Newburgh, New York, on November 7, 1893.

1915

OTHER

Margaret Leech received a bachelor of arts degree from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1915.

1924

LITWORK

The Back Of The Book
Boni and Liveright

Novel.

1926

LITWORK

Tin Wedding
Boni and Liveright

Novel.

1927

LITWORK

Anthony Comstock: Roundsman of the Lord
The Literary Guild of America, Inc.

Biography written with Heywood Broun.

1928

LITWORK

The Feathered Nest
Horace Liveright

Novel.

1934

LITWORK

Divided by Three


Play written with Beatrice Kaufman.

1941

LITWORK

Reveille in Washington, 1860-1865
Harper & Brothers
1299111270 / 978-1299111271
Nonfiction; winner of Pulitzer Prize for history in 1942.

1959

LITWORK

In The Days Of McKinley
Harper & Brothers Publishers

Biography; winner of Pulitzer Prize for history in 1960.

1974

DEATH

Margaret Leech died at her home in Manhattan, New York, on February 24, 1974.

1974

INTERMENT

Margaret Leech was interred at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, Bronx County, New York.

1978

LITWORK

The Garfield Orbit
Harper & Row
0060125519 / 978-0060125516
Biography.

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