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The 60th Annual National Book Awards were presented November 18, 2009, in New York City.
Fiction:
Let the Great World Spin, Colum McCann (Random House)
Nonfiction:
The First…
John KnowlesAge: 75 novelist who wrote the coming-of-age classic A Separate Peace (1960), which was based on his experiences as a student at Phillips Exeter Academy. His other books include…
TULLY Pleasant Britton , a Representative from California; born in Henderson County, Tenn.,
on March 21, 1829; moved to Arkansas with his father, who settled in Phillips
County in 1838; attended…
SMALL William Bradbury , a Representative from New Hampshire;
born in Limington, Maine, May 17, 1817;
moved with his parents to Ossipee, N.H.;
attended the public schools and Phillips Exeter…
WILSON James , a Representative from New Hampshire; born in Peterboro, N.H., August
16, 1766; attended Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., and was graduated from
Harvard University in 1789; studied…
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