Finalist: The Inheritance: How Three Families and America Moved from Roosevelt to Reagan and Beyond , by Samuel G. Freedman (Simon & Schuster )
The Jury
The Jury
Henry Kisor(chair )
book editor
Ken Auletta
author, media columnist
Verlyn Klinkenborg
writer
Winners in General Nonfiction
1997 Prize Winners
Byron Acohido
For his coverage of the aerospace industry, notably an exhaustive investigation of rudder control problems on the Boeing 737, which contributed to new FAA requirements for major improvements.
Eileen McNamara
For her many-sided columns on Massachusetts people and issues.
Tim Page
For his lucid and illuminating music criticism.