C I T A T I O N S P R E V I O U S L Y A W A R D E D
CITATIONS OF HONOR
Awarded in 1952
PLANTER AND PATRIOT
Dr Douglas Southall Freeman
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York City
Awarded in 1953
VIRGINIA VENTURER
Nathaniel Claiborne Hale
Dietz Press, Inc., Richmond, VA
Awarded in 1954
CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH
Bradford Smith
B. Lippencott Co., Philadelphia, PA
Awarded in 1955
THE MASSACRE
John J. Vrooman
The Baronet Litho Co., Johnston, NY
Awarded in 1956
CITIES IN REVOLT
Carl Bridenbaugh
Alfred A. Knopf, New York City
No Award in 1957
Awarded in 1958
THE WINTHROP WOMAN
Anya Seton
Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, MA
Awarded in 1959
THE WITCH OF BLACKBIRD POND
Elizabeth George Spears
Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, MA
Awarded in 1960
THE YOUNG TITAN
Van Wyck Mason
Doubleday & Co., Inc., New York, NY
Awarded in 1961
COLONIAL VIRGINIA
Richard L. Morton
University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC
Awarded in 1962
FORTH TO THE WILDERNESS
Dale Van Every
William Morrow & Co., Inc., New York, NY
Awarded in 1963
THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WARS
Edward P. Hamilton
Doubleday & Co., Inc., New York, NY
Awarded in 1964
HERE LIES VIRGINIA
Ivor Noel Hume
Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY
Awarded in 1965
THE THREE WORLDS OF CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH
Philip L. Barbour
Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, MA
Awarded in 1966
THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF MAJOR ROBERT STOBO
Robert C. Alberts
Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, MA
Awarded in 1967
THE COLONIAL EXPERIENCE
David Hawke
Bobbs-Merrill Co., Inc., New York, NY
Awarded in 1968
THE NEW LAND
Phillip Viereck
John Day and Company, Inc., New York, NY
Awarded in 1969
THE MUSKET AND THE CROSS
Walter D. Edmonds
Little, Brown and Company, New York, NY
Awarded in 1970
NATIONAL INDEX OF AMERICAN IMPRINTS THROUGH 1800
Clifford K. Shipton
Barre Publishing Company, Barre, MA
Awarded in 1971
EARLY AMERICAN GARDENS
Ann Leighton
Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA
Awarded in 1972
Television Series THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS
British Broadcasting Corp.
Awarded in 1973
THE GLORIOUS REVOLUTION IN AMERICA
David Sherman Lovejoy
Harper & Row, New York, NY
FIRST LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
THE PAPERS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Leonard W. Labaree
The American Philosophical Society and Yale University
Awarded in 1974
ARMS FOR EMPIRE
Douglas Edward Leach
Macmillan Publishing Company, Inc., New York, NY
Awarded in 1975
THE FUR TRADE IN COLONIAL NEW YORK
Thomas Elliot Norton
The University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, WI
Awarded in 1976
COLONIAL NEW YORK: A HISTORY
Dr. Michael Kammen
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, NY
Awarded in 1977
EMPIRE OR INDEPENDENCE 1760-1776
Ian R. Christie & Benjamin W. Labaree
W. Norton and Co., New York City
Awarded in 1978
OGLETHORPE IN AMERICA
Phinizy Spalding
The University of Chicago Press
Awarded in 1979
LANDLORD AND TENANT IN COLONIAL NEW YORK
Sung Bok Kim
University of North Carolina Press
Awarded in 1980
LORD OF THE MOHAWKS
James T. Flexner
Little, Brown & Co., New York City
Awarded in 1981
THE ECONOMY OF COLONIAL AMERICA
Edwin J. Perkins
Columbia University Press
Awarded in 1983
LEWIS MORRIS 1671-1746
Eugene R. Sheridan
Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, NY
Awarded in 1984
THE PAXTON RANGERS
Lt. Col. Oscar Stroh
Doctoral Dissertation
Awarded in 1985
CHANGES IN THE LAND
William Cronon
Hill & Wang Division of Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc.
Awarded in 1986
THE AMBIGUOUS IROQUOIS EMPIRE: THE COVENANT CHAIN CONFEDERATION OF INDIAN TRIBES WITH THE ENGLISH COLONIES
Dr. Francis Jennings
W. Norton & Co., New York City
Awarded in 1987
A PEOPLE’S ARMY: MASSACHUSETTS SOLDIERS AND SOCIETY IN THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR
Fred Anderson
University of North Carolina Press
Awarded in 1988
FORGING OF THE UNION
Richard B. Morris
Columbia University
Awarded in 1989
THE PEOPLING OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA: AN INTRODUCTION & VOYAGERS TO THE WEST
Bernard Bailyn
Alfred A. Knopf
Awarded in 1990
THE WORLD OF WILLIAM PENN
Edited by Richard S. Dunn & Mary Maples Dunn
University of Penn Press
Awarded in 1991
A PERFECT BABEL OF CONFUSION
Randall H. Balmer
Oxford University Press
Awarded in 1992
BETRAYALS: FORT WILLIAM HENRY & THE "MASSACRE"
Ian K. Steele
Oxford University Press
Awarded in 1993
REVOLUTION AND EMPIRE
Robert M. Bliss
Manchester University Press
Awarded in 1994
THE MIDDLE GROUND
Richard White
Cambridge University Press
Awarded in 1995
FLOWERDEW HUNDRED
James Deetz
University Press of Virginia
Awarded in 1996
THE GREAT MIGRATION BEGINS: IMMIGRANTS TO NEW ENGLAND,1620-1633
Robert C. Anderson
New England Historic Genealogical Society
Awarded in 1997
THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY A BICENTENNIAL HISTORY 1791-1991
Louis Leonard Tucker
Northern University Press
Awarded in 1998
RELUCTANT REVOLUTIONARIES: NEW YORK CITY AND THE ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE, 1763-1776
Joseph S. Tiedemann
Cornell University Press
Awarded in 1999
THE LORD CORNBURY SCANDAL: The Politics of Reputation in British America
Patricia U. Bonomi
University of North Carolina Press
Awarded in 2000
THE REFINEMENT OF AMERICA: Persons, Houses, Cities
Richard Lyman Bushman
New York: Alfred A. Knopf
Awarded in 2001
INDIANS AND COLONISTS AT THE CROSSROADS OF EMPIRE: The Albany Congress of 1754 Timothy J. Shannon
Cornell University Press
Awarded in 2002
ALBION'S SEED: Four British Folkways in America
David Hackett Fischer
Oxford University Press
Awarded in 2003
FROM COLONIALS TO PROVINCIALS: American Thought and Culture, 1680-1760
Ned C. Landsman
Cornell University Press
Awarded in 2004
THE MARKETPLACE OF REVOLUTION: How Consumer Politics Shaped American Independence
H. Breen
Oxford University Press
Awarded in 2005
AN EMPIRE OF WEALTH: The Epic History of American Economic Power
John Steele Gordon
Harper Collins
Awarded in 2006
THE WAR THAT MADE AMERICA: A Short History of the French and Indian War
Fred Anderson
Viking
Awarded in 2007
A SCRATCH OF A PEN: 1763 and the Transformation of North America
Colin G. Calloway
Oxford University Press
Awarded in 2008
THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR: Deciding the Fate of North America
Walter R. Borneman
Harper Collins Publishers
Awarded in 2009
PATHS OF GLORY: The Life and Death of General James Wolfe
Stephen Brumwell
McGill-Queen's University Press
Awarded in 2010
WAR ON THE RUN: The Epic Story of Robert Rogers and the Conquest of America's First Frontier
John F. Ross
Random House
Awarded in 2011
Braddock's March: How the Man Sent to Seize a Continent Changed American History
Thomas C. Crocker
Westholme Publishing
Awarded in 2012
Conquered Into Liberty: Two Centuries of Battles Along the Great Warpath That Made the American Way of War
Eliot A. Cohen
Free Press
Awarded in 2013
Dunmore’s War: The Last Conflict of America’s Colonial Era
Glenn F. Williams
Westholme Publishing
Awarded in 2014
Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A Revolution
Nathaniel Philbrick
Penguin Publishing Group
Awarded in 2015
Marlborough’s America
Stephen Saunders Webb
Yale University Press
Awarded in 2016
Braddock’s Defeat: The Battle of the Monongahela
and the Road to Revolution
David Preston
Oxford University Press
Awarded in 2017
Revolution on the Hudson
George C. Daughan
Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Awarded in 2018
King William’s War: The First Contest for North America, 1689-1697
Michael G. Laramie
Westholme Publishing
Awarded in 2019
Those Turbulent Sons of Freedom: Ethan Allen’s Green Mountain Boys and the American Revolution
Christopher S. Wren
Simon & Schuster
No award in 2020
Awarded in 2021
Henry Knox’s Noble Train: The Story of a Boston Bookseller’s Heroic Expedition That Saved the American Revolution
William Hazelgrove
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Awarded in 2022
IN THE FOUNDERS’ FOOTSTEPS: Landmarks of the American Revolution
Adam Van Doren
David R. Godine Publisher
Awarded in 2023
The Overseas Trade of British America: A Narrative History
Thomas M. Truxes
Yale University Press
Awarded in 2024
A Brave and Cunning Prince:
The Great Chief Opechancanough and the War for America
James Horn
Basic Books Hachette Book Group