The George Washington Prize honors outstanding new works on George Washington and his times (the Revolutionary and founding eras circa 1760-1820). The $50,000 prize is sponsored by Washington College, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, and George Washington’s Mount Vernon. This year’s finalists are:
Max M. Edling, Perfecting the Union: National and State Authority in the US Constitution
Julie Flavell, The Howe Dynasty: The Untold Story of a Military Family and the Women Behind Britain’s Wars for America
Bruce Ragsdale, Washington at the Plow: The Founding Farmer and the Question of Slavery
Jeffrey Hacker, Minds & Hearts: The Story of James Otis Jr. and Mercy Otis Warren
David O. Stewart, George Washington: The Political Rise of America’s Founding Father
Learn more about all of these finalists here.