George Washington Book Prize

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Past Winners

Ron Chernow
Ron Chernow receives first place for Alexander Hamilton.
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2005 – Inaugural Year

First Place:

Ron Chernow, Alexander Hamilton (Penguin Press). Listen to audio clips of an interview with Ron Chernow below:
Importance of Words (mp3)
Next Book: George Washington (mp3)
Writing Techniques (mp3)

Finalists:

Rhys Isaac, Landon Carter's Uneasy Kingdom (Oxford University Press)
Gordon Wood, The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin (Penguin)

Stacy Schiff
Stacy Schiff at Washington College.
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2006

First Place:

Stacy Schiff , A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America (Henry Holt). For photos of Stacy Schiff's Washington College visit,
click here.

Finalists:

Edward Lengel, General George Washington: A Military Life (Random House)
Stanley Weintraub, America's Battle for Freedom, Britain's Quagmire: 1775-1783 (Free Press)

2007

First Place:

Charles Rappleye, Sons of Providence: The Brown Brothers, the Slave Trade, and the American Revolution (Simon & Schuster). For photos of the 2007 Book Prize Ceremony, click here.

Photos of the 2007 Book Prize Celebration at Washington College.

Finalists:

Francois Furstenberg, In the Name of the Father (Penguin)
 Catherine Allgor, A Perfect Union (Henry Holt)