George Washington Book Prize

Given by Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

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Awards an annual $50,000 prize. The George Washington Book Prize recognizes the year’s best books on the nation’s founding era, especially those that have the potential to advance broad mostrar más public understanding of American history. mostrar menos
Stages:
Todos, Winner (19), Finalist (63)
Years:
Todos, 2023 (1), 2022 (5), 2021 (7), 2020 (7), 2019 (6), 2018 (7), 2017 (7), 2016 (7), 2015 (4), 2014 (3), 2013 (4), 2012 (3), 2011 (3), 2010 (3), 2009 (3), 2008 (3), 2007 (3), 2006 (3), 2005 (3)

Winner 19

ObraAño
First Among Men: George Washington and the Myth of American Masculinity por Maurizio Valsania2023
Washington at the Plow: The Founding Farmer and the Question of Slavery por Bruce A. Ragsdale2022
1774: The Long Year of Revolution por Mary Beth Norton2021
The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 por Rick Atkinson2020
The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation por Colin G. Calloway2019
George Washington: A Life in Books por Kevin J. Hayes2018
Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution por Nathaniel Philbrick2017
The Washingtons: George and Martha, "Join'd by Friendship, Crown'd by Love" por Flora Fraser2016
An Empire on the Edge: How Britain Came to Fight America por Nick Bunker2015
The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire (The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History) por Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy2014
George Washington: Gentleman Warrior por Stephen Brumwell2013
Liberty's Exiles: American Loyalists in the Revolutionary World por Maya Jasanoff2012
Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788 por Pauline Maier2011
Plain, Honest Men: The Making of the American Constitution por Richard Beeman2010
The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family por Annette Gordon-Reed2009
The slave ship. A human history por Marcus Rediker2008
Sons of Providence: The Brown Brothers, the Slave Trade, and the American Revolution por Charles Rappleye2007
A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America por Stacy Schiff2006
Alexander Hamilton por Ron Chernow2005

Finalist 63

ObraAño
Perfecting the union : national and state authority in the US Constitution por Max M. Edling2022
The Howe Dynasty: The Untold Story of a Military Family and the Women Behind Britain's Wars for America por Julie Flavell2022
Minds and Hearts: The Story of James Otis Jr. and Mercy Otis Warren por Jeffrey H. Hacker2022
George Washington: The Political Rise of America's Founding Father por David O. Stewart2022
Aristocratic Education and the Making of the American Republic por Mark Boonshoft2021
Tacky's Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War por Vincent Brown2021
Tecumseh and the Prophet: The Shawnee Brothers Who Defied a Nation por Peter Cozzens2021
The Age of Phillis por Honorée Fanonne Jeffers2021
The President Who Would Not Be King: Executive Power under the Constitution (The University Center for Human Values Series, 48) por Michael W. McConnell2021
A Question of Freedom: The Families Who Challenged Slavery from the Nation’s Founding to the Civil War por William G. Thomas III2021
Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and Their Astonishing Odyssey Home por Richard Bell2020
The Property of the Nation: George Washington’s Tomb, Mount Vernon, and the Memory of the First President por Matthew R. Costello2020
Heirs of an Honored Name: The Decline of the Adams Family and the Rise of Modern America por Douglas R. Egerton2020
World of Trouble: A Philadelphia Quaker Family's Journey through the American Revolution (The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History) por Richard Godbeer2020
A Crisis of Peace: George Washington, the Newburgh Conspiracy, and the Fate of the American Revolution por David Head2020
The Widow Washington: The Life of Mary Washington por Martha Saxton2020
Rush: Revolution, Madness, and Benjamin Rush, the Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father por Stephen Fried2019
Jefferson's Daughters: Three Sisters, White and Black, in a Young America por Catherine Kerrison2019
The Tragedy of Benedict Arnold: An American Life por Joyce Lee Malcolm2019
Revolution Song: A Story of American Freedom por Russell Shorto2019
Young Washington: How Wilderness and War Forged America's Founding Father por Peter Stark2019
The New Map of Empire: How Britain Imagined America before Independence por S. Max Edelson2018
Boston’s Massacre por Eric Hinderaker2018
Patrick Henry: Champion of Liberty por Jon Kukla2018
The Burr Conspiracy: Uncovering the Story of an Early American Crisis por James E. Lewis2018
The Power of Objects in Eighteenth-Century British America por Jennifer Van Horn2018
Darkness Falls on the Land of Light: Experiencing Religious Awakenings in Eighteenth-Century New England por Douglas L. Winiarski2018
George Washington's Journey: The President Forges a New Nation por T. H. Breen2017
"Most Blessed of the Patriarchs": Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination por Annette Gordon-Reed2017
A Revolution in Color: The World of John Singleton Copley por Jane Kamensky2017
The Framers' Coup: The Making of the United States Constitution por Michael J. Klarman2017
Fatal Sunday: George Washington, the Monmouth Campaign, and the Politics of Battle por Mark Edward Lender2017
American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750-1804 por Alan Taylor2017
Madison’s Hand: Revising the Constitutional Convention por Mary Sarah Bilder2016
Independence Lost: Lives on the Edge of the American Revolution por Kathleen DuVal2016
Washington's Revolution: The Making of America's First Leader por Robert Middlekauff2016
Revolutions without Borders: The Call to Liberty in the Atlantic World por Janet Polasky2016
Braddock's Defeat: The Battle of the Monongahela and the Road to Revolution por David L. Preston2016
War of Two: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Duel that Stunned the Nation por John Sedgwick2016
A Tale of Two Plantations: Slave Life and Labor in Jamaica and Virginia por Richard S. Dunn2015
When the United States Spoke French: Five Refugees Who Shaped a Nation por François Furstenberg2015
The Royalist Revolution: Monarchy and the American Founding por Eric Nelson2015
The First Presidential Contest: 1796 and the Founding of American Democracy por Jeffrey L. Pasley2014
The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832 por Alan Taylor2014
Among the Powers of the Earth: The American Revolution and the Making of a New World Empire por Eliga H. Gould2013
Martha Jefferson Randolph, Daughter of Monticello: Her Life and Times por Cynthia A. Kierner2013
Thomas Jefferson and American Nationhood por Brian Douglas Steele2013
Was America Founded As a Christian Nation?: A Historical Introduction por John Fea2012
Clothed in Robes of Sovereignty: The Continental Congress and the People Out of Doors por Benjamin H. Irvin2012
Revolutionaries: A New History of the Invention of America por Jack Rakove2011
The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, & Indian Allies por Alan Taylor2011
The Founding Fathers Reconsidered por R. B. Bernstein2010
Abigail and John: Portrait of a Marriage por Edith Gelles2010
The Road to Monticello: The Life and Mind of Thomas Jefferson por Kevin J. Hayes2009
The Exchange Artist: A Tale of High-Flying Speculation and America's First Banking Collapse por Jane Kamensky2009
Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution por Woody Holton2008
1812: War with America por Jon Latimer2008
A Perfect Union: Dolley Madison and the Creation of the American Nation por Catherine Allgor2007
In the Name of the Father: Washington's Legacy, Slavery, and the Making of a Nation por François Furstenberg2007
General George Washington: A Military Life por Edward G. Lengel2006
Iron Tears: America's Battle for Freedom, Britain's Quagmire: 1775-1783 por Stanley Weintraub2006
Landon Carter's Uneasy Kingdom: Revolution and Rebellion on a Virginia Plantation por Rhys Isaac2005
The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin por Gordon S. Wood2005

Descripciones

Awards an annual $50,000 prize. The George Washington Book Prize recognizes the year’s best books on the nation’s founding era, especially those that have the potential to advance broad public understanding of American history. (English, Escritos por miembros)
The award—which is co-sponsored by Washington College, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, and George Washington's Mount Vernon—recognizes the past year's best books on the nation's founding era, especially those that have the potential to advance broad public understanding of American history. (English, Escritos por miembros)

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