The New-York Historical Society gives three book prizes annually. From 2005-2012 there was one award for American history. A second award was added in 2013 for children's history. A third award was added in 2016 for military history.
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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." The winner receives an engraved medal, $50,000 cash and the unofficial title of American Historian Laureate. 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 for Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
- 2006 David Nasaw for Andrew Carnegie (biography of Andrew Carnegie)
- 2007 Daniel Walker Howe for What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848
- 2008 Drew Gilpin Faust for This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War
- 2009 Gordon S. Wood for Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815
- 2010 Ron Chernow for Washington: A Life (biography of George Washington)
- 2011 John Lewis Gaddis for George F. Kennan: An American Life (biography of George F. Kennan)
- 2012 Robert Caro for The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson
- 2013 Andrew O'Shaughnessy for The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution and the Fate of the Empire
- 2014 Jill Lepore for The Secret History of Wonder Woman
- 2015 Eric Foner for Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad
- 2016 Jane Kamensky for A Revolution in Color: The World of John Singleton Copley
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New-York Historical Society Children's History Book Prize
The New-York Historical Society Children's History Book Prize was first award in 2013 for the best children's historical literature.
Winners
Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History at the New-York Historical Society
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.
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