Person Detail: Margaret Leech

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General Information:
Full Name: Margaret Leech
Biography: (1893-1974) Author, historian. Margaret Leech (aka Margaret Pulitzer) was born in Newburgh, New York, and died in New York City. She was the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes in history, and a associate of many of the members of the Algonquin Hotel Round Table.
Author's Timeline:
1893		Orange County Margaret Kernochan Leech was born in Newburgh, New York, on November 7, 1893.
1974		(Unknown) County Margaret Leech died at her home in Manhattan, New York, on February 24, 1974.
1915		Dutchess County Margaret Leech received a bachelor of arts degree from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1915.
1941		(Unknown) County Reveille in Washington, 1860-1865 (Pub: Harper & Brothers ISBN: 1299111270 / 978-1299111271) Nonfiction; winner of Pulitzer Prize for history in 1942.
1959		(Unknown) County In The Days Of McKinley (Pub: Harper & Brothers Publishers ISBN: ) Biography; winner of Pulitzer Prize for history in 1960.
1924		(Unknown) County The Back Of The Book (Pub: Boni and Liveright ISBN: ) Novel.
1926		(Unknown) County Tin Wedding (Pub: Boni and Liveright ISBN: ) Novel.
1928		(Unknown) County The Feathered Nest (Pub: Horace Liveright ISBN: ) Novel.
1927		(Unknown) County Anthony Comstock: Roundsman of the Lord (Pub: The Literary Guild of America, Inc. ISBN: ) Biography written with Heywood Broun.
1934		(Unknown) County Divided by Three Play written with Beatrice Kaufman.
1974		Bronx County Margaret Leech was interred at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, Bronx County, New York.
1978		(Unknown) County The Garfield Orbit (Pub: Harper & Row ISBN: 0060125519 / 978-0060125516) Biography.