![]() ![]() His war is not simple, or easy, but complex and inspiring, like the nation it helped to create.”Īn independent jury of historians chose six other finalists, in addition to Atkinson. He makes the common soldiers come alive, but also deals with grand strategy like a master storyteller. ![]() This year’s award was announced on September 25 as part of the National Book Festival, /nationalbookfestival.Īccording to Mount Vernon president and CEO Douglas Bradburn, “Rick Atkinson is America’s greatest living writer about war, and now he has turned his considerable skills to the American Revolution. It recognizes the year’s best books on early American history, and includes a $50,000 cash award for the winner. The George Washington Prize, begun in 2005, is the only literary prize focused on America’s founding era. – Rick Atkinson is the winner of the 2020 George Washington Prize for his 2019 book The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775–1777 (Henry Holt). Prize to be given at the National Book Festival on September 25 ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |