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Paul Horgan (Paul George Vincent O'Shaughnessy Horgan), 1903-95, American writer, b. Buffalo, N.Y. His diverse works reflect his fascination with the effects of history and landscape on people. Among his books are the novels Main Line West (1936), Things As They Are (1964), Whitewater (1970), and The Thin Mountain Air (1977); his nonfiction includes Great River: The Rio Grande in North American History (1954; Pulitzer), Encounters With Stravinsky (1972), Approaches to Writing (1975), and Lamy of Santa Fe (1975; Pulitzer).

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Horgan, Paul (1903–95), born in Buffalo, N.Y., reared there and in New Mexico. His novels include The Fault of Angels (1933), about professional musicians; The Habit of Empire (1939), about 16th‐century New Mexico; A Distant Trumpet (1960), set on an Arizona army post of the 1880s; and Things as They Are (1964), beginning a trilogy about the life and early death of a rich young man in Philadelphia and New Mexico, continued in Everything To Live For (1968) and The Thin Mountain Air (1977). Figures in a Landscape (1940) and The Peach Stone (1967) collect stories, the former with essays. Great River (1954), a history of the Rio Grande, earned him a Pulitzer Prize, as did Lamy of Santa Fe (1975), a study of a pioneer bishop. Lincoln figures in Yours, A. Lincoln (1942), a play; Citizen of New Salem (1961), an essay; and Songs After Lincoln (1965), poetic tributes. Historical studies include Centuries of Santa Fe (1956) and Conquistadors in North American History (1963). Tracings, a Book of Partial Portraits (1993) gives affectionate sketches of the famous artists in many fields Horgan knew.

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