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Warren won the pulitzer prize in fiction in 1947 for the novel. After all, a fourdecade stretch divides the book s 1946 publication and subsequent pulitzer win and the author s 1989 death, and during that time, warren apparently felt no need to tinker with the book. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Stark begins his political career as an idealistic man of the. Publication date 1946 topics iiit collection digitallibraryindia. All the kings men by robert penn warren, robert penn. All the kings men by robert penn warren summary this book is about the rise and fall of an american dictator.

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