About Patricia O'Toole
Born 1950. Patricia O'Toole is an American historian.
Patricia O'Toole is an American historian and writer best known for her book about Henry Adams, The Five of Hearts.
O'Toole is a Society of American Historians fellow and was a visitor at the Institute for Advanced Study. She previous taught at the School of the Arts at Columbia University. She is most famous for her book The Five of Hearts: An Intimate Portrait of Henry Adams and His Friends, which was Pulitzer Prize finalist in 1991, National Book Critics Circle Award finalist in 1990, and a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist in 1990.
O'Toole lives in Camden, Maine.
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American historian and Society of American Historians fellow
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