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George Washington Book Prize
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{{Short description|American literary award}}The George Washington Book Prize was instituted in 2005 and is awarded annually to the best book on the founding era of the United States; especially ones that have the potential to advance broad public understanding of American history. It is administered by Washington College's C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience; it is sponsored by Washington College in partnership with the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and George Washington's Mount Vernon. At $50,000, the George Washington Book Prize is one of the largest book awards in the United States.Each year the sponsors appoint a jury of three historians or other qualified scholars who are asked to read all submitted books and narrow the field to three finalists. The finalists are announced at Washington College on or near George Washington's birthday in February. A seven-member committee, made up of two representatives of each of the three sponsoring institutions plus an independent historian, reviews the finalists and chooses a winner. The winner is announced at a gala dinner at Mount Vernon each May that honors the finalists."George Washington Book Prize", Washington College- the content below is remote from Wikipedia
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Established in 2000 with a grant from the New York-based Starr Foundation, the C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience draws on the special historical strengths of Washington College and the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Through educational programs, scholarship, and public outreach, the Starr Center explores the early republic, the rise of democracy, and the manifold ways in which the founding era continues to shape United States culture. In partnership with other institutions and with leading scholars and writers, the center works to promote innovative approaches to the study of history, and to bridge the gaps between historians, contemporary policymakers, and the general public. Washington College was founded in 1782 under the patronage of George Washington, and was the first college chartered in the new nation.Founded in 1994, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History promotes the study and love of American history among audiences ranging from students to scholars to the general public. It creates history-centered schools and academic research centers, organizes seminars and enrichment programs for educators, produces print and electronic publications and traveling exhibitions, and sponsors lectures by eminent historians. In addition to the George Washington Book Prize, the institute also sponsors the Lincoln Prize in conjunction with the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College, and the Frederick Douglass Prize in cooperation with the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale University.George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens, open to the public since 1858, communicates the character and leadership of Washington to millions of Americans each year through a variety of interpretive programs on the Estate and in classrooms across the nation. Mount Vernon is owned and operated by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, founded in 1853, making it the oldest national preservation organization in the United States. The George Washington Book Prize is an important element of the Association's outreach program, which engages millions of teachers and students throughout the nation.Table of Past Winners
{| class="wikitable"Alexander Hamilton (book)>Alexander Hamilton | GILDER LEHRMAN INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN HISTORY>URL=HTTP://WWW.GILDERLEHRMAN.ORG/PROGRAMS-EXHIBITIONS/GEORGE-WASHINGTON-BOOK-PRIZE, |
(The Hemingses of Monticello>The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family)| |
NEWSPAPER=WASHINGTON POST | AUTHOR-LINK=RON CHARLES (CRITIC) | ACCESSDATE=MAY 28, 2014, |
Hamilton (musical)>Hamilton | WORK=WASHINGTON COLLEGE, December 14, 2015, |
Flora Fraser (writer)>Flora Fraser| The Washingtons: George and Martha, âJoinâd by Friendship, Crownâd by Loveâ| |
(The Indian World of George Washington>The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation)| |
Table of Past Finalists
{{blue ribbon}} = winner{| class="wikitable"Gordon S. Wood>Gordon Wood| The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin |
Alan Taylor (historian)>Alan Taylor| The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, and Indian Allies |
Brian Steele (historian)>Brian Steele| Thomas Jefferson and American Nationhood |
Alan Taylor (historian)>Alan Taylor | (The Internal Enemy>The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832) |
Eric M. Nelson>Eric Nelson| The Royalist Revolution: Monarchy and the American Founding |
Flora Fraser (writer)>Flora Fraser| {{blue ribbon}} The Washingtons: George and Martha, "Joinâd by Friendship, Crown'd by Love" |
David L. Preston>David Preston| Braddock's Defeat: The Battle of the Monongahela and the Road to Revolution |
John Sedgwick (author)>John Sedgwick| War of Two: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Duel that Stunned the Nation |
Alan Taylor (historian)>Alan Taylor| American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750-1804 |
(In the Hurricane's Eye>In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown) |
Peter Stark (historian)>Peter Stark| Young Washington: How Wilderness and War Forged America's Founding Father |
Richard Bell (historian)>Richard Bell| Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and Their Astonishing Odyssey Home |
Vincent Brown (historian)>Vincent Brown| Tacky's Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War |
Fred Kaplan (biographer)>Fred Kaplan| His Masterly Pen: A Biography of Jefferson the Writer |
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- George Washington Book Prize
- C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience
- Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
- George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate & Gardens
- Washington College Home Page
- Marcus Rediker's home page
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