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Lincoln Prize


Lincoln Prize Winners

Two books are sharing the 2009 Lincoln Prize, awarded by the Lincoln and Soldiers Institute at Gettysburg College for "the finest scholarly work in English on Abraham Lincoln or the American Civil War soldier or a subject relating to their era." Click here for the news article from Gettysburg College.

The winners are:

Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief by James M. McPherson Find this book in our catalog

(we also own the audiobook of this title)

Lincoln and His Admirals: Abraham Lincoln, the U.S. Navy and the Civil War by Craig L. Symonds

McPherson won the Lincoln Prize in 1998 for For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War, and Symonds was a finalist in 1993. Each author wins $25,000 and a bronze cast of Lincoln.

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posted by Elizabeth on 2/12/2009

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