1997 Pulitzer Prize – Biography or Autobiography Winner and Nominees

Angela’s Ashes: A Memoir

Frank McCourt

A Pulitzer Prize–winning, #1 New York Times bestseller, Angela’s Ashes is Frank McCourt’s masterful memoir of his childhood in Ireland. “When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I managed to survive at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: th…

Mornings on Horseback

David McCullough

The Five of Hearts: An Intimate Portrait of Henry Adams and His Friends 1880–1918

Patricia O’Toole

Whittaker Chambers: A Biography

Sam Tanenhaus