1996 Pulitzer Prize – History Winner and Nominees

The Winner and Nominees for the 1996 Pulitzer Prize - History book award.

1996 Pulitzer Prize – History Winner

William Cooper’s Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic

Alan Taylor

William Cooper and James Fenimore Cooper, a father and son who embodied the contradictions that divided America in the early years of the Republic, are brought to life in this Pulitzer Prize-winning book. William Cooper rose from humble origins to become a…

1996 Pulitzer Prize – History Shortlist

Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb
Richard Rhodes
The Sacred Fire of Liberty: James Madison and the Founding of the Federal Republic
Lance Banning
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