Marquis James

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Marquis James (August 29, 1891, Springfield, Missouri – 1955) was an American journalist and author, twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize. He served in the First World War, in France, 1917-1919. He worked on the staff at the American Legion Monthly from 1923 to 1932.

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  • Alfred I. DuPont, The Family Rebel (1941)
  • The Raven: A Biography of Sam Houston (1929), for which he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1930
  • Cherokee Strip: A Tale of an Oklahoma Boyhood (1945)
  • Merchant Adventurer: The Story of W.R. Grace (completed 1948, published 1993)
  • The Border Captain (Volume 1 of the life of Andrew Jackson) (1934)
  • The Portrait of a President (Volume 2 of the life of Andrew Jackson) (1938)
  • The Life of Andrew Jackson (Combined Vols. 1 & 2 above) (1938), for which he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1938
  • Biography of a Bank: The Story of Bank of America, with his wife Bessie R. James (1954)
  • The Metropolitan Life: A study in business growth (1947)
  • Biography of a Business, 1792-1942 (1943)
  • A History of the American Legion (1923)
  • They Had Their Hour (1934)
  • The Texaco Story, The First Fifty Years: 1902-1952 (1953)

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