The Bronx, New York
The Bronx () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the state of New York. It is south of Westchester County; north and east of the New York City borough of Manhattan, across the Harlem River; and north of the New York ...
He is the author of several biographies.
His book ''Thomas Carlyle'' was a finalist for the
National Book Critics Circle Award
The National Book Critics Circle Awards are a set of annual American literary awards by the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) to promote "the finest books and reviews published in English".Pulitzer Prize.
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* ''John Quincy Adams: American Visionary'', HarperCollins, 2014,
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* ''Gore Vidal: A Biography'' Doubleday, 1999, ; Bloomsbury Publishing, 2012,
* ; Taylor & Francis US, 1999,
* ''Dickens: A Biography'', William Morrow & Company, 1988,
* ''Sacred tears: sentimentality in Victorian literature'', Princeton University Press, 1987,
* ''Thomas Carlyle: A Biography'', Cornell University Press, 1983, ; University of California Press, 1993,
* ''Dickens and mesmerism: the hidden springs of fiction'', Princeton University Press, 1975,
* ''John Elliotson on Mesmerism'', Da Capo Press, (New York), 1982.