Debby Applegate

(1968) Historian

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Debby Applegate is a historian.

Quick Facts About Debby Applegate

Born: January 1, 1968
Profession: Historian

About Debby Applegate

[Wikidata] American biographer... | [Wikipedia] Debby Applegate is an American historian and biographer. She is the author of Madam: The Biography of Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age and The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher, for which she won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography.

Quotes by Debby Applegate

Brilliant. . . . Marriage Confidential is both laugh-out-loud funny and gasp-out-loud shocking, and nothing less than a Feminine Mystique for our…

Debby Applegate

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Susan Campbell has brought Isabella's fascinating forgotten story back to life with the deep research of a born historian and the vibrant…

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Born

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Exhaustively researched and beautifully written, Cronkite is a classic. Douglas Brinkley has written his best book yet. This is a fascinating story…

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Nightclub City tells the behind-the-scenes story of Manhattan's glamorous nightlife at its peak. Packed with colorful characters, terrific original research, and an…

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America

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Becoming Richard Pryor is a compulsively readable book that sets a new gold standard for American biography. Scott Scaul’s research is extraordinary;…

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Becoming

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