For the best book of the year upon the history of the United States, Five hundred dollars ($500).
Russia Leaves the War: Soviet-American Relations, 1917-1920, by George F. Kennan (Princeton Univ. Press)
The Jury
The Jury
Harry J. Carman
Winners in History
1957 Prize Winners
Tom Little
For "Wonder Why My Parents Didn't Give Me Salk Shots?" Published on January 12, 1956.
Buford Boone
For his fearless and reasoned editorials in a community inflamed by a segregation issue, an outstanding example of his work being the editorial entitled, "What a Price for Peace," published on February 7,1956.