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For a distinguished book of the year upon the history of the United States, One thousand dollars ($1,000).

Mary Chesnut's Civil War , by C. Vann Woodward (Yale U. Press )

Finalists

Nominated as finalists in History in 1982:

The Jury

John Morton Blum(Chair)

Sterling Professor of History, Yale University

Eric Foner*

Professor of History, City College of New York

John Toland*

Writer

Winners in History

1982 Prize Winners