1999 National Book Critics Circle Award – Biography/Autobiography Winner
![The Hairstons: An American Family in Black and White](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1581013357-4942-image-3.jpg)
The Hairstons: An American Family in Black and White
Henry Wiencek
A quintessential American story of slavery’s lasting power traces the black and white sides of a slaveholding family’s history, showing the inspiring rise of the family’s black descendents and the fall of the formerly wealthy whites. Reprint. 20,000 first …
1999 National Book Critics Circle Award – Biography/Autobiography Shortlist
![Coleridge: Vol. II: Darker Reflections](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1581032792-6543-image-3.jpg)
Coleridge: Vol. II: Darker Reflections
Richard Holmes
![Morgan: American Financier](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580978301-3475-image-3.jpg)
Morgan: American Financier
Jean Strouse
![Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580849218-59096-image-3.jpg)
Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette
Judith Thurman
![The Trust: The Private and Powerful Family Behind the New York Times](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580945506-60594-image-3.jpg)