Book Awards for JeffCoWAGenealogy

1,000 Books to Read Before You Die Page-A-Day Calendar

• Dearest friend : a life of Abigail Adams de Lynne Withey (2021)
• Paul Revere's ride de David Hackett Fischer (2021)

100 Books in Literary Oregon, 1800-2000

• Canoe and saddle de Theodore Winthrop
• Far corner, a personal view of the Pacific Northwest de Stewart H. Holbrook
• The Northwest coast : or three years' residence in Washington Territory. de James Gilchrist Swan

100 Essential New England Books

• Mayflower : a story of courage, community, and war de Nathaniel Philbrick (36)
• Paul Revere's ride de David Hackett Fischer (17)

1000 Books to Read Before You Die

• Dearest friend : a life of Abigail Adams de Lynne Withey

500 Great Books by Women

• Women's diaries of the westward journey de Lillian Schlissel (Pioneers and Seekers)

ALA Notable Books for Adults

• The Americans, the colonial experience de Daniel J. Boorstin (1958)
• The egg and I de Betty Macdonald (1945)
• Mayflower : a story of courage, community, and war de Nathaniel Philbrick (2007)
• Oysterville : roads to grandpa's village de Willard R. Espy (1977)
• Pioneer women : voices from the Kansas frontier de Joanna L. Stratton (1981)
• Saints and strangers, being the lives of the Pilgrim fathers & their families, with their friends & foes; & an account of their posthumous wanderings in limbo, their final resurrection & rise to glory, & the strange pilgrimages of Plymouth rock de George F. Willison (1945)
• Washington's crossing de David Hackett Fischer (2005)
• The worst hard time : the untold story of those who survived the great American dust bowl de Timothy Egan (2007)

ALA Notable Government Documents

• My history is America's history : 15 things you can do to save America's stories (1999)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• The worst hard time : the untold story of those who survived the great American dust bowl de Timothy Egan (History & Cultures – 2009)

Alabama Author Award

• The Federal Road through Georgia, the Creek Nation, and Alabama, 1806-1836 de Henry deLeon Southerland (Non-Fiction – 1992)
• Tracing your ancestry : a step-by-step guide to researching your family history de F. Wilbur Helmbold (Non-Fiction – 1977)

Albert J. Beveridge Award

• William Cooper's town : power and persuasion on the frontier of the early American republic de Alan Taylor (1996)

Alf Andrew Heggoy Book Prize

• La Nouvelle France : the making of French Canada : a cultural history de Peter N. Moogk (2001)

Amazon's Best Books of the Year: 2009

• Mannahatta : a natural history of New York City de Eric W. Sanderson (#70)

Ambassador Book Award

• In the devil's snare : the Salem witchcraft crisis of 1692 de Mary Beth Norton (American Studies – 2003)
• Washington's crossing de David Hackett Fischer (American Studies – 2005)
• The worst hard time : the untold story of those who survived the great American dust bowl de Timothy Egan (American Studies – 2007)

Arzamas

• If walls could talk : an intimate history of the home de Lucy Worsley (Книги недели: выбор «Фаланстера»)

Audie Award

• 1776 de David G. McCullough (Finalist – Narration by the Author – 2006)
• The island at the center of the world : the epic story of Dutch Manhattan and the forgotten colony that shaped America de Russell Shorto (Winner – Non-Fiction, Unabridged – 2005)

Bancroft Prize

• The Americans, the colonial experience de Daniel J. Boorstin (1959)
• Entertaining Satan : witchcraft and the culture of early New England de John Demos (1983)
• From Puritan to Yankee; character and the social order in Connecticut, 1690-1765 de Richard L. Bushman (1968)
• William Cooper's town : power and persuasion on the frontier of the early American republic de Alan Taylor (1996)

Berkshire Conference First Book Prize

• New Netherland connections : intimate networks and Atlantic ties in seventeenth-century America de Susanah Shaw Romney (Women's Issues – 2014)

Booklist Editor's Choice

• 1776 de David G. McCullough (History – 2005)
• American colonies de Alan Taylor (History – 2001)
• Mayflower : a story of courage, community, and war de Nathaniel Philbrick (History – 2006)
• Measuring America : how an untamed wilderness shaped the United States and fulfilled the promise of democracy de Andro Linklater (History – 2002)
• Washington's crossing de David Hackett Fischer (History – 2004)

Booklist Selection

• American colonies de Alan Taylor (Best Books – 2001)

Borders Original Voices

• The worst hard time : the untold story of those who survived the great American dust bowl de Timothy Egan (2007)

CAA Award

• Canadian history for dummies de Will Ferguson (Winner – Canadian History – 2001)

Christian Science Monitor Best Book

• 1776 de David G. McCullough (History – 2005)
• Mayflower : a story of courage, community, and war de Nathaniel Philbrick (Nonfiction – 2006)
• The worst hard time : the untold story of those who survived the great American dust bowl de Timothy Egan (Nonfiction – 2006)

Clinton Jackson Coley Award

• The Federal Road through Georgia, the Creek Nation, and Alabama, 1806-1836 de Henry deLeon Southerland (1992)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• American colonies de Alan Taylor (Winner – Nonfiction, Gold – 2001)
• Land of giants : the drive to the Pacific Northwest, 1750-1950 de David Lavender (Winner – Nonfiction, Silver – 1958)

Cox Book Prize

• Voyagers to the West : a passage in the peopling of America on the eve of the Revolution de Bernard Bailyn (1989)

Francis Parkman Prize

• The unredeemed captive : a family story from early America de John Demos (1995)

Francis Parman Prize of the Society of American Historians finalist

• The age of homespun : objects and stories in the creation of an American myth de Laurel Ulrich

Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award

• The strategy of victory : how General George Washington won the American Revolution de Thomas J. Fleming (Lifetime Achievement Award – 2018)
• Washington's crossing de David Hackett Fischer (2005)

Global eBook Awards

• Finding family : my search for roots and the secrets in my DNA de Richard Hill (Winner – Gold, Genealogy/Heritage/Ancestry – 2013)

Hendricks Prize

• Holland on the Hudson : an economic and social history of Dutch New York de Oliver A. Rink (1987)

History Book Club

• The Ohio frontier : crucible of the Old Northwest, 1720-1830 de R. Douglas Hurt

Indies Choice Book Award

• Mayflower : a story of courage, community, and war de Nathaniel Philbrick (Honor Book – Adult Nonfiction – 2007)
• The worst hard time : the untold story of those who survived the great American dust bowl de Timothy Egan (Honor Book – Adult Nonfiction – 2007)

International Book Awards

• A handbook of Scandinavian names de Nancy L. Coleman (Finalist – Parenting/Family: Reference – 2012)

James Harvey Robinson Prize for an Outstanding Teaching Aid

• The way we lived in North Carolina de Elizabeth A. Fenn (1984)

Jamestown Prize

• New Netherland connections : intimate networks and Atlantic ties in seventeenth-century America de Susanah Shaw Romney (2013)
• Saints and sectaries; Anne Hutchinson and the Antinomian controversy in the Massachusetts Bay Colony de Emery John Battis (1962)

Joan Patterson Kerr Award

• Long day's journey : the steamboat & stagecoach era in the northern West de Carlos A. Schwantes (2001)

Library Journal Best Reference

• Evidence explained : citing history sources from artifacts to cyberspace de Elizabeth Shown Mills (2007)
• Evidence explained : citing history sources from artifacts to cyberspace de Elizabeth Shown Mills (2007)

Library of Congress Children's Literature Center Children's Books

• Home life in colonial days de Alice Morse Earle (History, Peoples, and Places – 1969)

Longman/History Today Book of the Year

• Pilgrims : New World settlers & the call of home de Susan Hardman Moore (Shortlist – 2009)

Maine Literary Award

• American nations : a history of the eleven rival regional cultures of North America de Colin Woodard (Winner – Nonfiction – 2012)

Massachusetts Book Award

• Mayflower : a story of courage, community, and war de Nathaniel Philbrick (Winner – Nonfiction – 2007)
• Washington's crossing de David Hackett Fischer (Honor Book – Nonfiction – 2005)

Massachusetts Must-Read

• A brave vessel : the true tale of the castaways who rescued Jamestown and inspired Shakespeare's The tempest de Hobson Woodward (Nonfiction – 2010)

Michigan Notable Books

• Annie's ghosts : a journey into a family secret de Steve Luxenberg (2010)

National Book Award

• The Americans, the colonial experience de Daniel J. Boorstin (Finalist – Nonfiction – 1959)
• Entertaining Satan : witchcraft and the culture of early New England de John Demos (Finalist – History (Hardcover) – 1983)
• Mary Chesnut's civil war de Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut (Finalist – History (Hardcover) – 1982)
• Pioneer women : voices from the Kansas frontier de Joanna L. Stratton (Finalist – General Nonfiction (Paperback) – 1983)
• The unredeemed captive : a family story from early America de John Demos (Finalist – Nonfiction – 1994)
• Washington's crossing de David Hackett Fischer (Finalist – Nonfiction – 2004)
• The worst hard time : the untold story of those who survived the great American dust bowl de Timothy Egan (Winner – Nonfiction – 2006)

National Book Critics Circle Award

• The unredeemed captive : a family story from early America de John Demos (Finalist – General Nonfiction – 1994)
• Voyagers to the West : a passage in the peopling of America on the eve of the Revolution de Bernard Bailyn (Finalist – General Nonfiction – 1986)

New York City Book Award

• The island at the center of the world : the epic story of Dutch Manhattan and the forgotten colony that shaped America de Russell Shorto (2004)

New York Times Best Books of the Year

• Mayflower : a story of courage, community, and war de Nathaniel Philbrick (2006)

New York Times bestseller

• 1776 de David G. McCullough (Nonfiction – 2005)
• The Columbia de Stewart H. Holbrook (General – 1957)
• The egg and I de Betty Macdonald (General – 1945)
• Mayflower : a story of courage, community, and war de Nathaniel Philbrick (Nonfiction – 2006)
• The Oxford history of the American people de Samuel Eliot Morison (General – 1965)
• Saints and strangers, being the lives of the Pilgrim fathers & their families, with their friends & foes; & an account of their posthumous wanderings in limbo, their final resurrection & rise to glory, & the strange pilgrimages of Plymouth rock de George F. Willison (General – 1945)
• Stalker (Fiction – 2000)
• Washington's crossing de David Hackett Fischer (Nonfiction – 2004)

The New York Times Book Review's Christmas Checklist

• Tom's town, Kansas City and the Pendergast legend de William M. Reddig (American Scene – 1947)

New York Times Notable Book of the Year

• Mayflower : a story of courage, community, and war de Nathaniel Philbrick (Non-Fiction – 2006)
• Paul Revere's ride de David Hackett Fischer (1994)
• The worst hard time : the untold story of those who survived the great American dust bowl de Timothy Egan (Non-Fiction – 2006)