1977 National Book Critics Circle Award – General Nonfiction Winner
![Samuel Johnson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580963567-2295-image-3.jpg)
Samuel Johnson
W. Jackson Bate
A biographical study of the eighteenth-century lexicographer and critic combines narrative with psychological insights….
1977 National Book Critics Circle Award – General Nonfiction Shortlist
![Coming Into the Country](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1581032065-6483-image-3.jpg)
Coming Into the Country
John McPhee
![Dispatches](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1581026745-6044-image-3.jpg)
Dispatches
Michael Herr
![The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1581025680-5956-image-3.jpg)
The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
Carl Sagan
![The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580971539-2952-image-3.jpg)