Bernard DeVoto

Bernard Augustine DeVoto (1897-1955) was an American historian, essayist, novelist, and editor best known for his trilogy on the American West including Across the Wide Missouri (Pulitzer Prize, 1948), The Course of Empire (National Book Award, 1953), and The Year of Decision: 1846, as well as editing Mark Twain's papers and The Journals of Lewis and Clark. He wrote the influential "Easy Chair" column for Harper's Magazine from 1935 to 1955 and was a prominent conservationist and critic.