2006 Pulitzer Prize – History Winner and Nominees

Polio: An American Story

David Oshinsky

Here David Oshinsky tells the gripping story of the polio terror and of the intense effort to find a cure, from the March of Dimes to the discovery of the Salk and Sabin vaccines–and beyond….

New York Burning

Jill Lepore

The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln

Sean Wilentz