1986 National Book Critics Circle Award – General Nonfiction Winner and Nominees

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 ……

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

Marc Reisner

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

John W. Dower