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

The Dred Scott Case , by Don E. Fehrenbacher (Oxford Univ. Press )

The Jury

Harold C. Syrett(Chair)

Professor of History, CUNY Graduate Center; Executive Editor, The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, Columbia University

John Higham

Professor of History, Johns Hopkins University

Martin Ridge

Professor of History, Indiana University; Senior Research Associate, Huntington Library

Winners in History

1979 Prize Winners