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His prize winning book was shortlisted for a national book award, and is also a finalist for the 2014 george washington book prize, cosponsored by washington college. About the 2014 george washington book prize jurors. About the george washington prize the george washington prize is one of the nations largest and most prestigious literary awards, recognizing the years best new books on early american history. The book is a onevolume, cradletograve narrative that attempts to provide a fresh portrait of washington as real, credible, and charismatic in the same way he was perceived by his contemporaries. George washington, pulitzer prize winning historian joseph j. Sales soared from 3,300 copies in 2014 to 106,000 in 2015, and the book returned to the new york times bestseller list. He led the american victory over great britain in the american revolutionary war, presided over the drafting the of the constitution, and was unanimously selected the first president of the. Taylor, whose critically acclaimed work is characterized by detailed, groundbreaking research and broadly accessible writing, has received many prestigious awards. Featuring a keynote address by renowned historian nathaniel philbrick, author of in the heart of the sea, now a major motion picture, bunker hill and valient ambtion.
The play also won the 2016 pulitzer prize for drama. This collection, acquired in 2008 by the gelman library of the george washington university, now forms part of the special collections research center. Americas founder in myth and memory was the february 24, 2011, banner lecture at the virginia historical society in richmond, virginia. The biography was adapted into a tony awardwinning musical, hamilton, by linmanuel miranda, which opened on broadway in august 2015. The george washington prize is one of the nations largest and most prestigious literary awards, recognizing the years best new books on early american history. British leadership, the american revolution, and the fate of the empire, was the recipient of the george washington book prize.
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