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Frank Luther Mott 1886-1964, American author and professor of journalism, b. near What Cheer, Iowa. He directed (1927-42) the school of journalism at the State Univ. of Iowa and was dean (1942-51) of the school of journalism at the Univ. of Missouri. With John T. Frederick he edited and published (1925-30) the Midland. He then served (1930-35) as editor of Journalism Quarterly. His best-known works include American Journalism (rev. ed. 1950); The News in America (1952); and A History of American Magazines (4 vol., 1930-57), for which he was awarded (1939) the Pulitzer Prize in American history.

Bibliography: See his Time Enough (1962), autobiographical essays.

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Mott, Frank Luther (1886–1964),professor and later dean of the School of Journalism at Missouri (1925–51). His books include Six Prophets out of the Middle West (1917); The Literature of Pioneer Life in Iowa (1923); A History of American Magazines (3 vols., 1930–38, Pulitzer Prize; vol. IV, 1957; vol. V, 1968); American Journalism (1941); Jefferson and the Press (1943); Golden Multitudes (1947), on American best sellers; and The News in America (1952).

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