1986 National Book Critics Circle Award – General Nonfiction Winner
![Arctic Dreams](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580874433-944-image-3.jpg)
Arctic Dreams
Barry Lopez
In crystalline prose, Lopez captures the magic of the Arctic: the essential mystery and beauty of a continent that has enchanted man’s imagination and ambition for centuries. ‘The Arctic dreamland seen and described by a writer of rare ……
1986 National Book Critics Circle Award – General Nonfiction Shortlist
![Bird of Life, Bird of Death: A Naturalist’s Journey Through a Land of Political Turmoil](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580871286-684-image-3.jpg)
Bird of Life, Bird of Death: A Naturalist’s Journey Through a Land of Political Turmoil
Jonathan Evan Maslow
![Cadillac Desert: The American West and its Disappearing Water](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580867872-402-image-3.jpg)
Cadillac Desert: The American West and its Disappearing Water
Marc Reisner
![Voyagers to the West: A Passage in the Peopling of America on the Eve of the Revolution](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580845364-58777-image-3.jpg)
Voyagers to the West: A Passage in the Peopling of America on the Eve of the Revolution
Bernard Bailyn
![War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580845267-58769-image-3.jpg)