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Francis Russell (author)

Francis Russell was an American author specializing in American history and historical figures, who was born in Boston, Massachusetts and died in Falmouth, Massachusetts. Russell is best known for his book on Warren G. Harding, The Shadow of Blooming Grove. He graduated from Bowdoin College, and from Harvard University, with a master's degree in 1937. He served in the Canadian Army from 1941 to 1946.

Awards
• 1963 Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime book, for Tragedy In Dedham : The Story of the Sacco-Vanzetti Case1964 Guggenheim Fellowship ==Works==
Works
Tragedy In Dedham : The Story of the Sacco-Vanzetti Case, McGraw-Hill, 1962 • Lexington, Concord and Bunker Hill (with the Editors of American Heritage) (1963) • The Great Interlude (1964) • The Shadow of Blooming Grove (published in the UK as President Harding: His Life and Times 1866-1923) (1968) • The Horizon Concise History of Germany (1973) • Adams: An American Dynasty, American Heritage Pub. Co., 1976, ; reprint Castle Books, 2005, • A City in Terror: 1919, the Boston Police Strike, Viking Press, 1975, ; reprint, Beacon Press, 2005, • The President Makers: From Mark Hanna to Joseph P. Kennedy (1976) • Sacco & Vanzetti: The Case Resolved (1986) • The Knave of Boston & Other Ambiguous Massachusetts Characters (1987) ==References==
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