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Justin Kaplan

Justin Daniel Kaplan was an American writer and editor. The general editor of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, he was best known as a biographer, particularly of Samuel Clemens, Lincoln Steffens, and Walt Whitman. He won the National Book Award in Arts and Letters and the 1967 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain.

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When the Astors Owned New York

When the Astors Owned New York

2008
When the Astors Owned New York: Blue Bloods & Grand Hotels in a Gilded Age

When the Astors Owned New York: Blue Bloods & Grand Hotels in a Gilded Age

2006
The Language of Names: What We Call Ourselves and Why It Matters

The Language of Names: What We Call Ourselves and Why It Matters

1997

with Anne Bernays

The Best American Essays 1990

The Best American Essays 1990

1990
Walt Whitman, A Life

Walt Whitman, A Life

1980
Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain: A Biography

Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain: A Biography

1966