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 mais 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

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

Finalist 63

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

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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 public understanding of American history. (English, Member-written)
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, Member-written)

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