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Awarded by the English-Speaking Union of the United States
The ESU Ambassador Book Awards (ABA) recognize important literary works that contribute to the understanding and interpretation of mehr anzeigen American life and culture. ABA winners become 'literary ambassadors' providing people around the world with an important window on America's past and present in the best contemporary English.
Awards have been made since 1986 in a variety of categorie
Award website weniger anzeigen
Etappen:
Alle, Winner (115), Shortlist (1)
Kategorien:
Alle, American Studies (26)
Jahre:
Alle, 2011 (1), 2010 (2), 2009 (1), 2008 (1), 2007 (1), 2006 (1), 2005 (1), 2004 (1), 2003 (1), 2002 (1), 2001 (1), 2000 (1), 1999 (1), 1998 (1), 1997 (1), 1996 (1), 1995 (1), 1993 (1), 1992 (1), 1991 (1), 1990 (1), 1989 (1), 1988 (1), 1987 (2)

Winner 26

WerkJahr
Die Unsterblichkeit der Henrietta Lacks von Rebecca Skloot2011
Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression von Morris Dickstein2010
The Rebellion of Ronald Reagan: A History of the End of the Cold War von James Mann2010
A Summer of Hummingbirds: Love, Art, and Scandal in the Intersecting Worlds of Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Martin Johnson Heade von Christopher Benfey2009
Storming the Gates of Paradise: Landscapes for Politics von Rebecca Solnit2008
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl von Timothy Egan2007
A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America von Stacy Schiff2006
Washington's Crossing von David Hackett Fischer2005
They Marched Into Sunlight: War and Peace Vietnam and America October 1967 von David Maraniss2004
In the Devil's Snare: The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692 von Mary Beth Norton2003
Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama, the Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution von Diane McWhorter2002
Im Herzen der See von Nathaniel Philbrick2001
Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945 von David M. Kennedy2000
Die Plantagen am Cooper River von Edward Ball1999
Bilder von Amerika. Die amerikanische Kunst von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart von Robert Hughes1998
Undaunted Courage von Stephen E. Ambrose1997
Moving Violations von John Hockenberry1996
Speak Now Against The Day: The Generation Before the Civil Rights Movement in the South von John Egerton1995
Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America von Garry Wills1993
JFK. Die Kennedy-Jahre 1960 bis 1963, Powergame von Michael R. Beschloss1992
New York Life: Of Friends and Others von Brendan Gill1991
Among Schoolchildren von Tracy Kidder1990
Die große Lüge von Neil Sheehan1989
Miami von Joan Didion1988
Cities on a Hill: A Brilliant Exploration of Visionary Communities Remaking the American Dream von Frances FitzGerald1987
The Cycles of American History von Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.1987

Beschreibungen

Awarded by the English-Speaking Union of the United States
The ESU Ambassador Book Awards (ABA) recognize important literary works that contribute to the understanding and interpretation of American life and culture. ABA winners become 'literary ambassadors' providing people around the world with an important window on America's past and present in the best contemporary English.
Awards have been made since 1986 in a variety of categorie
Award website (English, Von Mitgliedern verfasst)
discontinued (Russian, Von Mitgliedern verfasst)

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