The Crisis

New York: The MacMillan Co., 1901.

Price: $20.00

Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy. Good plus 1in crack in front spine hinge, loose binding, fading of spine, light soiling of panels/spine, bumping of corners/ends, stains on back panel. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

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Winston Churchill
birth name: Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill
born: 11/30/1874
died: 1/24/1956
nationality: Great Britain

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Biography

British Prime Minister and famously effective and quotable orator whose literary output includes several important histories. Despite being primarily known for his accomplishments in public office during WWII, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. This was around the same time they gave it to the philosopher Bertrand Russell and the Nobel committee clearly was playing around with the idea that you didn't need to be a novelist or poet to win. There's a rumor that Milton Berle was on the short-list one year, but we don't believe it.more

Collecting tips:

Not to be confused with the prolific and very popular American author of the same name (1871-1947), whose novels were among the best-sellers of the early 1900s. The two Churchills met and occasionally communicated. Because the American Churchill was at the time such a famous author, the British Churchill wrote using his familial surname Spencer (thus Winston S. Churchill) in order to differentiate the two in the public mind.

We also offer a comprehensive Winston S. Churchill Bibliography and Price Guide.more