Pulitzer Prize Winning Books & Authors (History)

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, Audio CD (Unabridged)
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 The Market's bargain prices are even better for Paperbackswap club members! Retail Price: ~~$18.00~~ Buy New: $13.79 (save 23%) or Become a PBS member and pay $9.89+1 PBS book credit (save 45%)
2014	The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832 Author: Alan Taylor Currently 3/5 Stars. 1 *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:* Hardcover
2012	Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention Author: Manning Marable Currently 4/5 Stars. 1 *Other Versions:* Hardcover, Paperback
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, Paperback The Market's bargain prices are even better for Paperbackswap club members! Retail Price: ~~$20.00~~ Buy New: $14.79 (save 26%) or Become a PBS member and pay $10.89+1 PBS book credit (save 45%)
2009	The Hemingses of Monticello Author: Annette Gordon-Reed Currently 3.4/5 Stars. 9 *Other Versions:* Audio CD (Unabridged), Hardcover, Audio CD (Unabridged,Library -), 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, Audio CD (Unabridged)
2007	The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation Author: Gene Roberts, Hank Klibanoff Currently 3.5/5 Stars. 2 *Other Versions:* Paperback, Audio Cassette (Library), Audio CD (Unabridged), Audio CD (Library), Audio CD (MP3 Una)
2006	Polio: An American Story Author: David M. Oshinsky Currently 4/5 Stars. 11 *Other Versions:* Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette
2005	Washington's Crossing (Pivotal Moments in American History) Author: David Hackett Fischer Currently 4.2/5 Stars. 15 *Other Versions:* Paperback, Hardcover, Paperback, Audio CD, Audio Cassette, 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 4.1/5 Stars. 7 *Other Versions:* Paperback, Hardcover, Paperback, Audio Cassette (Abridged), Audio CD (Abridged), Audio CD (Abridged), Paperback, Audio CD, Hardcover, Hardcover, 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, Audio Cassette (Abridged), Audio CD (Abridged), Hardcover, Paperback 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. 55 *Other Versions:* Paperback, Paperback, Audio Cassette (Unabridged), Audio Cassette (Unabridged), Audio CD, Audio CD (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
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
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:* 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, Audio Cassette
1995	No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II Author: Doris Kearns Goodwin Currently 4.2/5 Stars. 66 *Other Versions:* Audio Cassette, Hardcover, Audio CD (Abridged), Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD 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, 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. 110 *Other Versions:* Hardcover, Audio CD, Audio CD (Unabridged)
1990	In Our Image: America's Empire in the Philippines Author: Stanley Karnow ? *Other Versions:* Paperback, Hardcover, Hardcover, Paperback
1989	Parting the Waters Author: Taylor Branch Currently 4.7/5 Stars. 11 *Other Versions:* Hardcover, Hardcover, Hardcover The Market's bargain prices are even better for Paperbackswap club members! Retail Price: ~~$24.00~~ Buy New: $16.89 (save 29%) or Become a PBS member and pay $12.99+1 PBS book credit (save 45%)
1989	Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era Author: James M. McPherson Currently 4.4/5 Stars. 19 *Other Versions:* Hardcover, Paperback, Audio Cassette, Hardcover, Paperback, Hardcover
1988	The Launching of Modern American Science 1846-1876 (Impact of the Civil War) Author: Robert V. Bruce ? *Other Versions:* Paperback, Hardcover, Paperback
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, Hardcover, Hardcover
1986	...the Heavens and the Earth : A Political History of the Space Age Author: Walter A. McDougall ? *Other Versions:* Hardcover, Hardcover, Hardcover

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