For a distinguished book of the year upon the history of the United States, One thousand dollars ($1,000).
...the Heavens and the Earth: A Political History of the Space Age , by Walter A. McDougall (Basic Books )
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in History in 1986:
The Jury
The Jury
C. Vann Woodward(Chair)*
Sterling Professor of History, Emeritus, Yale University
Catherine Clinton
Professor of History, Harvard University
Bertram Wyatt-Brown
Professor of History, University of Florida
Winners in History
1986 Prize Winners
Jimmy Breslin
For columns which consistently champion ordinary citizens.
Donal Henahan
For his music criticism.