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Full Name: Peter Sherwin Prescott
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(1935-2004) Author. Peter Sherwin Prescott was born in Manhattan, New York in 1935 and died In Manhattan, New York in 2004. He was a book critic for Newsweek.
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1935 New York County
Peter Sherwin Prescott was born in Manhattan, New York in 1935. 
2004 New York County
Peter Prescott died in Manhattan, New York in 2004. 
1986 (Unknown) County
Never in Doubt: Critical Essays on American Books, 1972-1985
(Pub: Arbor House ISBN: )
 
1970 (Unknown) County
A World of Our Own: Notes on Life and Learning in a Boys' Preparatory School
(Pub: Coward-McCann ISBN: )
 
1981 (Unknown) County
The Child Savers: Juvenile Justice Observed
(Pub: Knopf ISBN: )
 
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