For a distinguished book of the year upon the history of the United States, One thousand dollars ($1,000).
Been in the Storm So Long , by Leon F. Litwack (Knopf )
The Jury
The Jury
Martin Ridge(Chair)
Senior Research Associate, Huntington Library
Don E. Fehrenbacher*
William Robertson Coe Professor of History and American Studies, Stanford University
William H. Goetzmann*
Stiles Professor of American Studies and Professor of History, University of Texas at Austin
Winners in History
David M. Potter
(A posthumous publication; manuscript finished by Don E. Fehrenbacker.)
1980 Prize Winners
William A. Henry III
For critical writing about television.