MARQUIS JAMES

'Marquis James' (b. 1891, Springfield, Missouri; d. 1955) was an American journalist and author. 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''

★ ''Merchant Adventurer: The Story of W.R. Grace''

★ ''The Life of Andrew Jackson'' (1937), for which he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1938

★ ''The Story of Bank of America: Biography of a Bank'', with his wife Bessie R. James (1954)

★ ''The Metropolitan Life: A study in business growth''

★ ''Biography of a Business, 1792-1942'' (1943)

★ ''A History of the American Legion'' (1923)