New-York Historical Society book prizes Last updated March 29, 2025 Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize in American History The Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize in American History , prior to 2016 known as The New-York Historical Society American History Book Prize or, simply, the American History Book Prize , is an American literary award given annually by the New-York Historical Society for an adult non-fiction book on American history or biography , copyrighted in the year of the award, "that is distinguished by its scholarship, its literary style and its appeal to a general as well as an academic audience." [ 1] The winner receives an engraved medal, $50,000 cash and the unofficial title of American Historian Laureate. [ 1] The inaugural award was presented in 2006 for books published in 2005.
Winners Date is year when books were published; the following year is when the award was given. Thus the inaugural award was given in 2006 for Team of Rivals published in 2005.
2005 Doris Kearns Goodwin , Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln [ 2] 2006 David Nasaw , Andrew Carnegie (biography of Andrew Carnegie ) [ 3] [ 4] 2007 Daniel Walker Howe , What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815–1848 [ 5] 2008 Drew Gilpin Faust , This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War [ 6] 2009 Gordon S. Wood , Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789–1815 [ 7] 2010 Ron Chernow , Washington: A Life (biography of George Washington ) [ 8] 2011 John Lewis Gaddis , George F. Kennan: An American Life (biography of George F. Kennan ) [ 9] 2012 Robert Caro , The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson [ 10] 2013 Andrew O'Shaughnessy , The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution and the Fate of the Empire [ 11] 2014 Jill Lepore , The Secret History of Wonder Woman [ 12] 2015 Eric Foner , Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad [ 13] 2016 Jane Kamensky , A Revolution in Color: The World of John Singleton Copley [ 14] 2017 John A. Farrell , Richard Nixon: The Life [ 15] 2018 Benn Steil , The Marshall Plan: Dawn of the Cold War [ 16] 2019 Rick Atkinson , The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 [ 17] 2020 Tracy Campbell , The Year of Peril: America in 1942 [ 18] 2021 Alan Taylor , American Republics: A Continental History of the United States, 1783–1850 [ 19] 2022 Beverly Gage , G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century [ 20] 2023 Jonathan Eig , King: A Life [ 21] 2024 Randall K. Wilson , A Place Called Yellowstone: The Epic History of the World’s First National Park [ 22] The New-York Historical Society Children's History Book Prize was first awarded in 2013 for the best children's historical literature.
Winners 2013 Kristin Levine, The Lions of Little Rock 2014 Helen Frost , Salt: A Story of Friendship in a Time of War 2015 Pam Muñoz Ryan , Echo 2016 Ann E. Burg, Unbound: A Novel in Verse 2016 Firoozeh Dumas , It Ain’t So Awful Falafel 2017 Laura Atkins and Stan Yogi (Authors), Yutaka Houlette (Illustrator), Fred Korematsu Speaks Up [ 23] 2018 Ellen Klages , Out of Left Field 2019 Erica Armstrong Dunbar and Kathleen Van Cleve, Never Caught: The Story of Ona Judge 2021 Veera Hiranandani , How to Find What You're Not Looking For 2022 Rodman Philbrick , We Own the Sky 2023 Katherine Marsh , The Lost Year Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History The Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History at the New-York Historical Society was first awarded in 2016 for the best book on military history in the English-speaking world. Prior to 2016, the prize was known as the Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History , established in 2013 by the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation , the inaugural prize was awarded in February 2014. [ 24] The purpose of the prize is to increase public attention to military history for educational purposes.
Winners 2013 Allen C. Guelzo , Gettysburg: The Last Invasion ' [ 25] 2014 Alexander Watson , Ring of Steel: Germany and Austria-Hungary at War, 1914-1918 [ 26] 2015 David L. Preston , Braddock's Defeat: The Battle of the Monongahela and the Road to Revolution [ 27] 2016 Peter Cozzens , The Earth is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West [ 28] [ 29] [ 30] 2017 Cathal Nolan , The Allure of Battle: A History of How Wars Have Been Won and Lost 2018 Andrew Lambert , Seapower States: Maritime Culture, Continental Empires and the Conflict That Made the Modern World 2019 John C. McManus , Fire and Fortitude: The US Army in the Pacific War, 1941–1943 2020 Alexander Mikaberidze , The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History 2021 Kevin J. Weddle , The Compleat Victory: Saratoga and the American Revolution 2022 Bruce Henderson , Bridge to the Sun: The Secret Role of the Japanese Americans Who Fought in the Pacific in World War II 2023 Craig L. Symonds , Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay References 1 2 The New-York Historical Society American History Book Prize. THE 6th ANNUAL COMPETITION (2010) ↑ Van Gelder, Lawrence (March 29, 2006). "Doris Kearns Goodwin Wins $50,000 Prize" . The New York Times . Retrieved October 9, 2012 . ↑ Van Gelder, Lawrence (March 27, 2007). "Carnegie Biography Wins History Prize" . The New York Times . Retrieved October 9, 2012 . ↑ Benjamin Lytal (Apr. 27, 2007). "New-York Historical Society Awards Prize". The New York Sun (New York, NY). Arts and Entertainment: p18. GALE|A166437433 ↑ "Footnotes" . The New York Times . March 11, 2008. Retrieved October 9, 2012 . ↑ "Harvard president Drew Gilpin Faust wins $50,000 book prize." (March 10, 2009). The Canadian Press . Database Newspaper Source Plus MYO086509936909 ↑ Cohen, Patricia (February 28, 2010). "Brown Professor Wins History Prize" . New York Times . Retrieved October 9, 2012 . ↑ Bosman, Julie (March 4, 2011). "Ron Chernow Wins Prize For Biography" . The New York Times . Retrieved October 9, 2012 . ↑ Schuessler, Jennifer (February 29, 2012). "Gaddis Wins History Prize for Kennan Biography" . The New York Times . Retrieved October 9, 2012 . ↑ Schuessler, Jennifer (February 20, 2013). "Another Prize for Robert Caro" . The New York Times . Retrieved December 3, 2013 . ↑ Schuessler, Jennifer (March 5, 2014). "Book on Losing British Generals Wins American History Prize" . The New York Times . Retrieved May 28, 2014 . ↑ Schuessler, Jennifer (February 17, 2015). "A Book Prize for Wonder Woman" . The New York Times . Retrieved July 26, 2015 . ↑ Schuessler, Jennifer (February 11, 2016). "Eric Foner Wins Historical Society Book Prize" . The New York Times . Retrieved April 28, 2017 . ↑ Schuessler, Jennifer (March 14, 2017). "Jane Kamensky Wins Historical Society Book Prize" . The New York Times . Retrieved April 28, 2017 . ↑ Penguin Random House (March 18, 2018). "John A. Farrell's RICHARD NIXON Wins New-York Historical Society Book Prize" . Retrieved October 22, 2018 . ↑ Schuessler, Jennifer (March 11, 2019). "Scholar of the Marshall Plan Wins American History Book Prize" . The New York Times . Retrieved March 15, 2019 . ↑ Schuessler, Jennifer (March 17, 2020). "Rick Atkinson Wins American History Book Prize" . The New York Times . Retrieved November 9, 2020 . ↑ Schuessler, Jennifer (2021-03-15). "Scholar of World War II Homefront Wins American History Book Prize" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2021-05-06 . ↑ Schuessler, Jennifer (February 25, 2022). "Scholar of the Early Republic Wins American History Book Prize" . The New York Times . Retrieved October 14, 2022 . ↑ Schuessler, Jennifer (March 23, 2023). "Hoover Biographer Wins American History Book Prize" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . ↑ Schuessler, Jennifer (March 19, 2024). "Martin Luther King Jr. Biographer Wins American History Prize" . The New York Times . Retrieved April 4, 2024 . ↑ Schuessler, Jennifer (March 17, 2025). "Book About Yellowstone Wins American History Prize" . The New York Times . Retrieved March 28, 2025 . ↑ "Children's History Book Prize" . The New-York Historical Society . 2018. ↑ "Project Guggenheim Lehrman Prize In Military History" . Goldbergmcduffie.com. Retrieved 2014-06-17 . ↑ "Gettysburg book wins $50,000 history prize" . PennLive . PA Media Group. Associated Press . Retrieved 2014-06-17 . ↑ "Alexander Watson Wins $50,000 Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History" . Marketwire . ↑ "2015 Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize Military History - Video - C-SPAN.org" . C-SPAN.org . ↑ "New-York Historical Society - The Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History at the New-York Historical Society" . www.nyhistory.org . ↑ "Peter Cozzens Wins Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize - The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History" . www.gilderlehrman.org . 3 April 2017. ↑ "peter cozzens - Welcome" . www.petercozzens.net . This page is based on this
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