The Fly Swatter: A Portrait of an Exceptional Character
Nicholas Dawidoff
A reconstruction of Nicholas Dawidoff's grandfather, Alexander Gerschenkron—the Harvard professor who knew the most.
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- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or AutobiographyShortlistedMajor(2003)
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