The War of Independence
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The War of Independence is a Pulitzer Prize
-winning book by American historian Claude H. Van Tyne
. The book was published in 1929. It explains the history and causes of the American Revolutionary War
. Van Tyne won the Pulitzer Prize for History
for this book in 1930.
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
-winning book by American historian Claude H. Van Tyne
Claude H. Van Tyne
Claude Halstead Van Tyne was an American historian and a Pulitzer Prize winner. He taught history at the University of Michigan from 1903–1930, and wrote a number of books on the American Revolution...
. The book was published in 1929. It explains the history and causes of the American Revolutionary War
American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War , the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.The war was the result of the...
. Van Tyne won the Pulitzer Prize for History
Pulitzer Prize for History
The Pulitzer Prize for History has been awarded since 1917 for a distinguished book upon the history of the United States. Many history books have also been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction and Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography...
for this book in 1930.