Finalist: The Sacred Fire of Liberty: James Madison and the Founding of the Federal Republic , by Lance Banning (Cornell University Press )
The Jury
The Jury
David Herbert Donald(chair )*
Charles Warren Professor of American History
Jean Harvey Baker
professor of history
William H. Goetzmann*
Jack S. Blanton Sr. Professor of History
Winners in History
1996 Prize Winners
Herb Caen
For his extraordinary and continuing contribution as a voice and conscience of his city.
Bob Keeler
For his detailed portrait of a progressive local Catholic parish and its parishioners.
E.R. Shipp
For her penetrating columns on race, welfare and other social issues.