The Guns of August

Summary

The Guns of August is a written work^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (321 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• The Guns of August authored Barbara W. Tuchman^[3].
• The Guns of August received the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction^[4].
• The Guns of August's instance of is recorded as written work^[5].
• The Guns of August's publisher is recorded as Macmillan Publishers^[6].
• The Guns of August's genre is recorded as military history^[7].
• The Guns of August's genre is recorded as essay^[8].
• The Guns of August's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 309313440^[9].
• The Guns of August's GND ID is recorded as 1064725724^[10].
• The Guns of August's OCLC number is recorded as 30087894^[11].
• The Guns of August's language of work or name is recorded as English^[12].
• The Guns of August's country of origin is recorded as United States^[13].
• The Guns of August's publication date is recorded as +1962-00-00T00:00:00Z^[14].
• The Guns of August's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/033s3v^[15].
• The Guns of August's Open Library ID is recorded as OL3378548W^[16].
• The Guns of August's main subject is recorded as World War I^[17].
• The Guns of August's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 8489^[18].
• The Guns of August's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/The-Guns-of-August^[19].
• The Guns of August's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Guns of August'}^[20].
• The Guns of August's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'SO GORGEOUS was the spectacle on the May morning of 1910 when nine kings rode in the funeral of Edward VII of England that the crowd, waiting in hushed and black-clad awe, could not keep back gasps of admiration.'}^[21].
• The Guns of August's NNL item ID is recorded as 002615191^[22].
• The Guns of August's NNL item ID is recorded as 001921829^[23].
• The Guns of August's NNL item ID is recorded as 000920903^[24].
• The Guns of August's NNL item ID is recorded as 001808003^[25].
• The Guns of August's OCLC work ID is recorded as 1353826^[26].
• The Guns of August's Deutsche Biographie is recorded as 1064725724^[27].

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Designation and Status

The Guns of August's instance of is recorded as written work^[5].

Why It Matters

The Guns of August ranks in the top 3% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (321 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28]

FAQs

What awards did The Guns of August receive?

Honors received include Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction^[4].