Commonwealth Club of California Book AwardsCaliforniana

Given by Commonwealth Club of California

Altres noms: California Book Award (Anglès), California Book Award for Nonfiction, Commonwealth Club of California (Anglès), California Commonwealth Club Gold Medal (Anglès)
58 obres 0 Llibres
Since 1931, the Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards have honored the exceptional literary merit of California writers and publishers. Each year a select jury considers hundreds of books mostra'n més in search of the very best in literary achievement. Eligible books must be written while the author is a resident of California, and they must be published during the year under consideration. Awards are presented in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, First Work of Fiction, Poetry, Californiana, Notable Contribution to Publishing, Juvenile Literature and Young Adult Literature. mostra'n menys
Stages:
Tots, Gold Medal (214), Silver Medal (391), Winner (424), Finalist (262)
Categories:
Years:
Tots, 2024 (5), 2023 (1), 2022 (1), 2021 (1), 2019 (1), 2018 (1), 2016 (1), 2015 (1), 2014 (1), 2011 (1), 2010 (1), 2007 (1), 2006 (1), 2005 (1), 2004 (1), 2003 (1), 2002 (1), 2001 (1), 2000 (1), 1999 (1), 1998 (1), 1997 (1), 1996 (1), 1993 (1), 1992 (1), 1991 (1), 1990 (1), 1989 (1), 1988 (1), 1987 (1), 1986 (1), 1985 (1), 1984 (1), 1983 (1), 1982 (1), 1981 (1), 1978 (1), 1975 (1), 1974 (1), 1973 (1), 1972 (1), 1971 (1), 1970 (1), 1969 (1), 1968 (1), 1967 (1), 1966 (1), 1964 (1), 1963 (1), 1961 (1), 1959 (1), 1958 (1), 1957 (1), 1956 (1)

Gold Medal 19

ObraAny
The High Sierra: A Love Story de Kim Stanley Robinson2023
Everything Now: Lessons from the City-State of Los Angeles de Rosecrans Baldwin2022
California Exposures: Envisioning Myth and History de Richard White2021
The Browns of California: The Family Dynasty that Transformed a State and Shaped a Nation de Miriam Pawel2019
San Francisco's Jewel City: The Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915 de Laura A. Ackley2014
Chuckwalla Land: The Riddle of California's Desert de David Rains Wallace2011
A State of Change: Forgotten Landscapes of California de Laura Cunningham2010
Storm over Mono de John Hart1996
Josiah Royce: From Grass Valley to Harvard de Robert V. Hine1992
Farming on the Edge de John Hart1991
Bay Area Figurative Art, 1950-1965 de Caroline A. Jones1990
Denial of Disaster de Gladys C. Hansen1989
Julia Morgan, Architect de Sara Holmes Boutelle1988
The Golden Gate: A Novel in Verse de Vikram Seth1986
Art in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945-1980 de Thomas Albright1985
The University of California/Sotheby Book of California Wine de Doris Muscatine1984
Winemaking in California de Ruth Teiser1982
The World Rushed In: The California Gold Rush Experience de J. S. Holliday1981
An Everyday History of Somewhere de Ray Raphael1974

Silver Medal 31

ObraAny
Reinventing Los Angeles: Nature and Community in the Global City de Robert Gottlieb2007
The Great Black Way de RJ Smith2006
The Great Earthquake and Firestorms of 1906 de Philip L. Fradkin2005
Beasts of the Fields: A Narrative History of California Farmworkers, 1769-1913 de Richard Steven Street2004
The King Of California: J.G. Boswell and the Making of A Secret American Empire de Mark Arax2003
Writing Los Angeles: A Literary Anthology de David L. Ulin2002
Capturing Light de Drew Heath Johnson2001
The literature of California / 1, Native American beginnings to 1945 de Al Young2000
Rush for Riches de J. S. Holliday1999
Harvest Son de David Mas Masumoto1998
The Dream Endures: California Enters the 1940s de Kevin Starr1997
The Great Central Valley de Stephen Johnson1993
Bitter Melon de Jeff Gillenkirk1987
The Klamath Knot de David Rains Wallace1983
The Dark Range de David Rains Wallace1978
Nothing seemed impossible: William C. Ralston and early San Francisco (Western biography series) de David Lavender1975
Chile, Peru, and the California Gold Rush of 1849 de Jay Monaghan1973
Monterey de Augusta Fink1972
The Indispensable Enemy: Labor and the Anti-Chinese Movement in California de Alexander Saxton1971
The El Dorado Trail de Ferol Egan1970
The Great Betrayal de Audrie Girdner1969
Everyman's Eden; a history of California de Ralph Joseph Roske1968
Fool's Gold A Biography of John Sutter de Richard Dillon1967
Chancy and the Grand Rascal de Sid Fleischman1966
Sarah & the Senator de Robert Henry Kroninger1964
South from San Francisco de Frank Merriman Stanger1963
Ishi in Two Worlds de Theodora Kroeber1961
The Earth Shook, the Sky Burned de William Bronson1959
Montgomery and the Portsmouth de Fred Blackburn Rogers1958
San Francisco Bay de Harold Gilliam1957
Men of the Western Waters de Dale Van Every1956

Winner 3

ObraAny
The Modoc War: A Story of Genocide at the Dawn of America’s Gilded Age de Robert Aquinas McNally2018
An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873 de Benjamin Madley2016
California's Wild Edge de Tom Killion2015

Finalist 7

ObraAny
Deep Oakland: How Geology Shaped a City de Andrew Alden2024
Octopus's Garden: How Railroads and Citrus Transformed Southern California de Benjamin T. Jenkins2024
Portal: San Francisco's Ferry Building and the Reinvention of American Cities de John King2024
Settler Cannabis: From Gold Rush to Green Rush in Indigenous Northern California de Kaitlin P. Reed2024
The Riders Come Out at Night: Brutality, Corruption, and Cover-up in Oakland de Ali Winston2024
The High Sierra: A Love Story de Kim Stanley Robinson2023
Everything Now: Lessons from the City-State of Los Angeles de Rosecrans Baldwin2022

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