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....
Here is the press release from Mount Vernon: MOUNT VERNON, VA – Seven books published in 2019 by the country’s most prominent historians have been named finalists for the George Washington Prize. The annual award recognizes the past year’s best works...
Congrats to the nominees! MOUNT VERNON, VA – Seven books published in 2018 by the country’s most prominent historians have been named finalists for the George Washington Prize. The annual award recognizes the past year’s best works on the nation’s founding...
Congrats to Kevin Hayes. Click here for our Author’s Corner interview with Hayes. Here is the Mount Vernon press release: MOUNT VERNON, VA – Author and historian Kevin J. Hayes has won the coveted George Washington Prize, including an award of...
The 2018 George Washington Prize finalists are: ● S. Max Edelson, The New Map of Empire: How Britain Imagined America before Independence (Harvard University Press) ● Kevin J. Hayes, George Washington: A Life in Books (Oxford University Press) ● Eric...
I’m still mad at Maya Jasanoff for beating me out for the 2012 George Washington Book Prize. 🙂 (I had that $50,000 targeted for a writing shed in my back yard!) As I deal with my ongoing bitterness, check-out this...
Here is a taste of the press release from Washington College, one of the sponsors of the award. Author Nathaniel Philbrick has won the coveted George Washington Prize, including an award of $50,000, for his book, Valiant Ambition: George Washington,...
And here they are: Chestertown, MD—In celebration of George Washington’s 285th birthday, seven books published in 2016 by the country’s most prominent historians have been named finalists for the George Washington Prize. The annual award recognizes the past year’s best-written...
Here is the press release: Flora Fraser, whose book The Washingtons offers a rare and comprehensive view of Martha Washington and the relationship between the nation’s inaugural first couple, wins the $50,000 George Washington Prize. A noted biographer whose work has...
This is not meant to be a political statement or a commentary on the current controversy about replacing Scalia. I was just really excited to meet a Supreme Court justice–especially one who is an Italian-American from New Jersey. The picture...
When my Was America Founded as a Christian Nation?: A Historical Introduction was chosen as a finalist for the George Washington Book Prize in 2012, there were only three books that made the cut. This year there are seven finalists. And...
Washington College, the Gilder-Lehrman Institute of American History, and Mount Vernon has announced that Lin Manuel-Miranda, the creator and star of the hit Broadway musical “Hamilton,” will be awarded a special achievement award by the George Washington Book Prize. Here...
It is one the nation’s largest literary awards. The George Washington Book Prize is awarded every year to the best book on early American history written for a broad audience. It is sponsored by Washington College, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of...
I am a big fan of the George Washington Book Prize. Here is a description of the prize:In celebration of George Washington’s birthday, Washington College today named four finalists for the 2015 George Washington Book Prize. One of the nation’s...
Since I was away from the blog last week I did not get a chance to write a post on the announcement of the 2014 George Washington Book Prize winner. This year’s winner was Andrew O’Shaughnessy’s book The Men Who Lost...
The C.V. Starr Center, the Gilder-Lehrman Institute, and Mount Vernon have announced the three finalists for this year’s $50,000 George Washington Book Prize. Two of the three finalists are professors at the University of Virginia. As some of you may...
From the C.V. Starr Website: MOUNT VERNON, VA—One of the nation’s largest literary awards, the annual George Washington Book Prize, has been awarded to Stephen Brumwell for George Washington: Gentleman Warrior (Quercus, 2012). An independent historian and award-winning author who...
One year ago today I was on cloud nine. It was announced that my book Was America Founded as a Christian Nation: A Historical Introduction was one of the three finalists for the prestigious $50,000 George Washington Book Prize offered […]
Jim Basker of the Gilder-Lehrman Institute says some kind words about Was America Founded as a Christian Nation: A Historical Introduction. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmvSTP8HiJg] And here are Maya Jasanoff’s dinner remarks. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSaDTyKuevQ] And more pictures from the George Washington Book […]
