Pulitzer Prize Winning Books & Authors (History)

2023	Freedom's Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power Author: Jefferson Cowie ?
2022	Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America Author: Nicole Eustace ? *Other Versions:* Paperback
2021	Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America Author: Marcia Chatelain ? *Other Versions:* Hardcover
2020	Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America Author: W. Caleb McDaniel ? *Other Versions:* Hardcover
2019	Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom Author: David W. Blight Currently 5/5 Stars. 1 *Other Versions:* Audio CD (Unabridged AUDIO), Paperback
2018	The Gulf: The Making of An American Sea Author: Jack E. Davis ? *Other Versions:* Paperback
2017	Blood in the Water: The Attica Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy Author: Heather Ann Thompson Currently 5/5 Stars. 1 *Other Versions:* Paperback
2016	Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America Author: T. J. Stiles Currently 3.9/5 Stars. 4 *Other Versions:* Paperback
2015	Encounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan People Author: Elizabeth A. Fenn ? *Other Versions:* Hardcover
2014	The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832 Author: Alan Taylor Currently 3.8/5 Stars. 3 *Other Versions:* Paperback, Audio CD (MP3 Una)
2013	Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam Author: Fredrik Logevall Currently 5/5 Stars. 2 *Other Versions:* Paperback, Audio CD (MP3 Una)
2012	Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention Author: Manning Marable Currently 4/5 Stars. 1 *Other Versions:* Audio CD, Paperback, Hardcover
2011	The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery Author: Eric Foner Currently 4.3/5 Stars. 3 *Other Versions:* Paperback, Audio CD (Unabridged,MP3 - Una)
2010	Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World Author: Liaquat Ahamed Currently 3.8/5 Stars. 11 *Other Versions:* Hardcover, Audio CD (Unabridged), Audio CD (Library ed.), Audio CD (MP3 Una), Hardcover
2009	The Hemingses of Monticello Author: Annette Gordon-Reed Currently 3.5/5 Stars. 10 *Other Versions:* Hardcover, Audio CD (Unabridged), Audio CD (Library ed.), Audio CD (MP3 Una), Hardcover
2008	What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 (Oxford History of the United States) Author: Daniel Walker Howe Currently 3.8/5 Stars. 5 *Other Versions:* Paperback
2007	The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation Author: Gene Roberts, Hank Klibanoff Currently 4/5 Stars. 3 *Other Versions:* Paperback, Audio Cassette (Library), Audio CD (Library)
2006	Polio: An American Story Author: David M. Oshinsky Currently 3.7/5 Stars. 13 *Other Versions:* Paperback, Hardcover
2005	Washington's Crossing (Pivotal Moments in American History) Author: David Hackett Fischer Currently 4.2/5 Stars. 15 *Other Versions:* Paperback, Hardcover
2004	A Nation under Our Feet : Black Political Struggles in the Rural South from Slavery to the Great Migration Author: Steven Hahn Currently 3/5 Stars. 1 *Other Versions:* Paperback, Audio CD (MP3 Una)
2003	An Army at Dawn: The War in Africa, 1942-1943, Volume One of the Liberation Trilogy Author: Rick Atkinson Currently 4.2/5 Stars. 9 *Other Versions:* Paperback The Market's bargain prices are even better for Paperbackswap club members! Retail Price: ~~$40.00~~ Buy New: $25.19 (save 37%) or Become a PBS member and pay $21.29+1 PBS book credit (save 46%)
2002	The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America Author: Louis Menand Currently 3.2/5 Stars. 23 *Other Versions:* Hardcover, Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD (Abridged) The Market's bargain prices are even better for Paperbackswap club members! Retail Price: ~~$17.00~~ Buy New: $13.29 (save 21%) or Become a PBS member and pay $9.39+1 PBS book credit (save 44%)
2001	Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation Author: Joseph J. Ellis Currently 3.7/5 Stars. 59 *Other Versions:* Paperback, Audio Cassette (Unabridged), Hardcover
2000	Freedom from Fear : The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945 (Oxford History of the United States, Vol 9) Author: David M. Kennedy Currently 4.5/5 Stars. 4 *Other Versions:* Paperback, Audio Cassette (Unabridged), Hardcover
1999	Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 Author: Edwin G. Burrows, Mike Wallace Currently 4.1/5 Stars. 4 *Other Versions:* Paperback, Audio Cassette (Unabridged), Hardcover
1998	Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate over Science and Religion Author: Edward J. Larson Currently 3.5/5 Stars. 8 *Other Versions:* Paperback, Hardcover
1997	Original Meanings : Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution Author: Jack N. Rakove Currently 3.7/5 Stars. 3 *Other Versions:* Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD (Unabridged), Audio CD (MP3CD Unabridged)
1996	William Cooper's Town : Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic Author: Alan Taylor Currently 3/5 Stars. 2 *Other Versions:* Hardcover
1995	No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II Author: Doris Kearns Goodwin Currently 4.2/5 Stars. 75 *Other Versions:* Audio Cassette, Hardcover, Audio CD (Abridged), Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette The Market's bargain prices are even better for Paperbackswap club members! Retail Price: ~~$21.00~~ Buy New: $15.39 (save 26%) or Become a PBS member and pay $11.49+1 PBS book credit (save 45%)
1994	No Award Given
1993	The Radicalism of the American Revolution Author: Gordon S. Wood Currently 4.4/5 Stars. 12 *Other Versions:* Hardcover, Audio CD (Unabridged,Unabridge), Audio CD (Unabridged,MP3 - Una)
1992	The Fate of Liberty: Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties Author: Mark E. Neely ? *Other Versions:* Hardcover
1991	A Midwife's Tale : The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 Author: Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Currently 3.9/5 Stars. 113 *Other Versions:* Hardcover, Paperback, Paperback, Paperback, Paperback, Paperback, Paperback, Paperback, Paperback, Paperback, Paperback, Audio CD, Audio CD (Unabridged), Paperback
1990	In Our Image: America's Empire in the Philippines Author: Stanley Karnow ? *Other Versions:* Hardcover, Hardcover
1989	Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era Author: James M. McPherson Currently 4.4/5 Stars. 20 *Other Versions:* Paperback, Paperback, Paperback, Paperback
1989	Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954 - 63 (America in the King Years, Bk 1) Author: Taylor Branch Currently 4.7/5 Stars. 11 *Other Versions:* Hardcover, Audio Cassette
1988	The Launching of Modern American Science 1846-1876 (Impact of the Civil War) Author: Robert V. Bruce ? *Other Versions:* Hardcover, Audio Cassette
1987	Voyagers to the West : A Passage in the Peopling of America on the Eve of the Revolution Author: Bernard Bailyn Currently 3/5 Stars. 1 *Other Versions:* Hardcover, Audio Cassette
1986	...the Heavens and the Earth : A Political History of the Space Age Author: Walter A. McDougall ? *Other Versions:* Hardcover, Paperback, Hardcover, Paperback

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