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Pulitzer Prize-winning History

This list contains Pulitzer Prize-winning distinguished and appropriately documented book on American history from 1917 to 2021. The Pulitzer Prizes and Fellowships were established in Columbia University by Joseph Pulitzer. Prizes are awarded by the University on the recommendation of The Pulitzer Prize Board and are announced in Spring. Nominees are organized into 22 categories across journalism, books, drama and music.

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Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
  • Carl Sandburg
01 read
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A Constitutional History of the United States

A Constitutional History of the United States
  • Andrew C. McLaughlin
00 reads
Across the Wide Missouri
Across the Wide Missouri
  • Bernard DeVoto
00 reads
A History of American Magazines, Vol. 1: 1741-1850
A History of American Magazines, Vol. 1: 1741-1850
  • Frank Luther Mott
00 reads
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A History of the American Frontier, 1763-1893

A History of the American Frontier, 1763-1893
  • Frederic L. Paxson
00 reads
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A History of the United States

A History of the United States
  • Edward Channing
00 reads
American Education, The National Experience, 1783-1876
American Education, The National Experience, 1783-1876
  • Lawrence Arthur Cremin
00 reads
A Midwife's Tale
A Midwife's Tale
  • Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
4.55 reads
An Army at Dawn: The War in Africa, 1942-1943
An Army at Dawn: The War in Africa, 1942-1943
  • Rick Atkinson
4.1822 reads
A Nation Under Our Feet
A Nation Under Our Feet
  • Steven Hahn
00 reads
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Art and Life in America

Art and Life in America
  • Oliver W. Larkin
00 reads
A Stillness at Appomattox
A Stillness at Appomattox
  • Bruce Catton
43 reads
Banks and Politics in America from the Revolution to the Civil War
Banks and Politics in America from the Revolution to the Civil War
  • Bray Hammond
00 reads
Battle Cry of Freedom
Battle Cry of Freedom
  • James M. McPherson
4.531 reads
Been in the Storm So Long: The Aftermath of Slavery
Been in the Storm So Long: The Aftermath of Slavery
  • Leon F. Litwack
00 reads
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Between War and Peace

Between War and Peace: The Potsdam Conference
  • Herbert Feis
00 reads
Blood in the Water
Blood in the Water
  • Heather Ann Thompson
4.577 reads
Culture and Political Change
Culture and Political Change
    00 reads
    Custer's Trials
    Custer's Trials
    • T. J. Stiles
    00 reads
    Embers of War
    Embers of War
    • Fredrik Logevall
    00 reads
    Encounters at the Heart of the World
    Encounters at the Heart of the World
    • Elizabeth A. Fenn
    00 reads
    Exploration and Empire
    Exploration and Empire
    • William H. Goetzmann
    00 reads
    Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
    Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
    • Joseph J. Ellis
    3.8345 reads
    Franchise
    Franchise
    • Marcia Chatelain
    2.753 reads
    Frederick Douglass Prophet of Freedom
    Frederick Douglass Prophet of Freedom
    • David W. Blight
    4.2425 reads
    Freedom from Fear
    Freedom from Fear
    • David M. Kennedy
    4.53 reads
    Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898
    Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898
    • Edwin G. Burrows
    • Mike Wallace
    4.336 reads
    Great River
    Great River
    • Paul Horgan
    00 reads
    History of the Civil War, 1861-1865
    History of the Civil War, 1861-1865
    • James Ford Rhodes
    00 reads
    In Our Image
    In Our Image
    • Stanley Karnow
    00 reads
    In the Days of McKinley
    In the Days of McKinley
    • Margaret Leech
    00 reads
    Jefferson and the Rights of Man, 2
    Jefferson and the Rights of Man, 2
    • Dumas Malone
    00 reads
    Lords of Finance
    Lords of Finance
    • Liaquat Ahamed
    4.1817 reads
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    Main Currents in American Thought, Vol. 1

    Main Currents in American Thought, Vol. 1: The Colonial Mind, 1620-1800
    • Vernon Louis Parrington
    00 reads
    Malcolm X
    Malcolm X
    • Manning Marable
    4.211 reads
    Mary Chesnut's Civil War
    Mary Chesnut's Civil War
    • Mary Boykin Chesnut
    52 reads
    Mighty Max Escapes From Skull Dungeon
    Mighty Max Escapes From Skull Dungeon
    • Richard Hofstadter
    00 reads
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    My Experiences in the World War

    My Experiences in the World War
    • John Joseph Pershing
    00 reads
    Neither Black Nor White
    Neither Black Nor White
    • Carl N. Degler
    00 reads
    No Ordinary Time
    No Ordinary Time
    • Doris Kearns Goodwin
    4.4319 reads
    Original Meanings
    Original Meanings
    • Jack N. Rakove
    00 reads
    Origins of the Fifth Amendment: The Right Against Self-Incrimination
    Origins of the Fifth Amendment: The Right Against Self-Incrimination
    • Leonard W. Levy
    00 reads
    Parting the Waters
    Parting the Waters
    • Taylor Branch
    57 reads
    Paul Revere and the World He Lived In
    Paul Revere and the World He Lived In
    • Esther Forbes
    00 reads
    People of Paradox
    People of Paradox
    • Michael Kammen
    00 reads
    Pinckney's Treaty; America's Advantage From Europe's Distress, 1783 1800
    Pinckney's Treaty; America's Advantage From Europe's Distress, 1783 1800
    • Samuel Flagg Bemis
    00 reads
    Polio
    Polio
    • David M. Oshinsky
    3.675 reads
    Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department
    Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department
    • Dean Acheson
    01 read
    Prophets of Regulation
    Prophets of Regulation
    • Thomas K. McCraw
    00 reads
    Puritan village; the formation of a new England town
    Puritan village; the formation of a new England town
    • Sumner Chilton Powell
    00 reads
    Reveille in Washington, 1860-65
    Reveille in Washington, 1860-65
    • Margaret Leech
    00 reads
    Roosevelt
    Roosevelt
    • James MacGregor Burns
    00 reads
    Scientists Against Time
    Scientists Against Time
    • James Phinney Baxter III
    00 reads
    Soviet-American Relations, Vol. 1: Russia Leaves the War, 1917-1920
    Soviet-American Relations, Vol. 1: Russia Leaves the War, 1917-1920
    • George F. Kennan
    00 reads
    Summer of the Gods
    Summer of the Gods
    • Edward J Larson
    00 reads
    Sweet Taste of Liberty
    Sweet Taste of Liberty
    • W. Caleb McDaniel
    41 read
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    The Age of Jackson

    The Age of Jackson
    • Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
    31 read
    Cover 1

    The American Revolution

    The American Revolution: A Constitutional Interpretation
    • Charles Howard McIlwain
    00 reads
    The Americans
    The Americans
    • Daniel J. Boorstin
    01 read
    The Atlantic Migration 1607-1860
    The Atlantic Migration 1607-1860
    • Marcus Lee Hansen
    00 reads
    The Centuries of Santa Fe
    The Centuries of Santa Fe
    • Paul Horgan
    00 reads
    The Colonial Period of American History: The Settlements, Volume I
    The Colonial Period of American History: The Settlements, Volume I
    • Charles McLean Andrews
    00 reads
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    The Coming Of The War, 1914

    The Coming Of The War, 1914
    • Bernadotte E. Schmitt
    00 reads
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    The Disruption of American Democracy

    The Disruption of American Democracy
    • Roy Franklin Nichols
    00 reads
    The Dred Scott Case
    The Dred Scott Case
    • Don E. Fehrenbacher
    00 reads
    The Era of Good Feelings
    The Era of Good Feelings
    • George Dangerfield
    00 reads
    The Fate of Liberty
    The Fate of Liberty
    • Mark E. Neely Jr.
    00 reads
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    The flowering of New England, 1815-1865

    The flowering of New England, 1815-1865
    • Van Wyck Brooks
    00 reads
    The Founding of New England
    The Founding of New England
    • James Truslow Adams
    00 reads
    The Founding of the American Republic: The Causes of War of Independence
    The Founding of the American Republic: The Causes of War of Independence
    • Claude H. Van Tyne
    00 reads
    The Greenback Era
    The Greenback Era
    • Irwin Unger
    00 reads
    The Gulf
    The Gulf
    • Jack Emerson Davis
    4.334 reads
    ...the Heavens and the Earth: A Political History of the Space Age
    ...the Heavens and the Earth: A Political History of the Space Age
    • Walter A. McDougall
    00 reads
    The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family
    The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family
    • Annette Gordon-Reed
    4.335 reads
    The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution
    The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution
    • Bernard Bailyn
    3.54 reads
    The Impending Crisis: America Before the Civil War, 1848-1861
    The Impending Crisis: America Before the Civil War, 1848-1861
    • David Morris Potter
    4.53 reads
    The Internal Enemy
    The Internal Enemy
    • Taylor, Alan
    31 read
    The Launching of Modern American Science 1846-1876
    The Launching of Modern American Science 1846-1876
    • Robert V. Bruce
    00 reads
    The Life of the Mind in America
    The Life of the Mind in America
    • Perry Miller
    00 reads
    The Metaphysical Club
    The Metaphysical Club
    • Louis Menand
    31 read
    The Old Northwest Pioneer Period: 1815-1840
    The Old Northwest Pioneer Period: 1815-1840
    • R. Carlyle Buley
    00 reads
    Cover 5

    The Organization and Administration of the Union Army 1861-1865 Volume I

    The Organization and Administration of the Union Army 1861-1865 Volume I
    • Fred Albert Shannon
    00 reads
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    The People's Choice

    The People's Choice
    • Herbert Agar
    00 reads
    The Race Beat
    The Race Beat
    • Gene Roberts
    • Hank Klibanoff
    31 read
    The Radicalism of the American Revolution
    The Radicalism of the American Revolution
    • Gordon S. Wood
    44 reads
    The Republican Era
    The Republican Era
    • Leonard D. White
    • Jean Schneider
    00 reads
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    The Road to Reunion 1865-1900

    The Road to Reunion 1865-1900
    • Paul H. Buck
    00 reads
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    The Significance of Sections in American History

    The Significance of Sections in American History
    • Frederick Jackson Turner
    00 reads
    The Supreme Court in United States History: Volume One: 1789-1821
    The Supreme Court in United States History: Volume One: 1789-1821
    • Charles Warren
    00 reads
    The Transformation of Virginia, 1740-1790
    The Transformation of Virginia, 1740-1790
    • Rhys Isaac
    00 reads
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    The Triumphant Empire

    The Triumphant Empire
    • Lawrence Henry Gipson
    00 reads
    The Uprooted
    The Uprooted
    • Oscar Handlin
    00 reads
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    The victory at sea

    The victory at sea
    • William Sowden Sims
    00 reads
    The Visible Hand
    The Visible Hand
    • Alfred D. Chandler Jr.
    31 read
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    The war with Mexico

    The war with Mexico
    • Justin Harvey Smith
    00 reads
    This Fiery Trial
    This Fiery Trial
      41 read
      Unfinished Business
      Unfinished Business
      • Stephen Bonsal
      00 reads
      Voyagers to the West
      Voyagers to the West
      • Bernard Bailyn
      02 reads
      Washington's crossing
      Washington's crossing
      • David Hackett Fischer
      3.837 reads
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      Washington, Village and Capital, 1800-1878

      Washington, Village and Capital, 1800-1878
      • Constance McLaughlin Green
      00 reads