About
Pulitzer Prize-winning American historian and journalist who did extensive writing on the events and figures of the Civil War.
Before Fame
He earned a master's degree in English from the University of Illinois in 1913.
Trivia
His biography of President Grover Cleveland won the 1933 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography.
Family Life
He was once married to Mary Fleming.
Associated With
He wrote the foreword to John F. Kennedy's book, Profiles in Courage.
