Abraham Lincoln Institute Winning Scholarship
Book Awards
The Abraham Lincoln Institute enjoys recognizing award winning research and writing in books and dissertations.
Book honors of the past several years are listed by year, author, and title.
Annual Book Award Winners
2011
Eric Foner, The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery
Michael Burlingame, Abraham Lincoln: A Life
Craig Symonds, Lincoln and His Admirals
VIDEO
2009
Allen C. Guelzo, Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates That Defined America VIDEO
James Oakes, The Radical and the Republican: Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the Triumph of Antislavery Politics VIDEO
Douglas L. Wilson, Lincoln's Sword: The Presidency and the Power of Words VIDEO
Gabor Boritt, The Gettysburg Gospel: The Lincoln Speech That Nobody Knows VIDEO
Joshua Wolf Shenk, Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness VIDEO
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Allen C. Guelzo, Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America
William C. Harris, Lincoln's Last Months
William Lee Miller, Lincoln's Virtues: An Ethical Biography
Kenneth J. Winkle, The Young Eagle: The Rise of Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln Legal Papers (G. Cullom Davis and Martha Benner, eds.), The Law Practice of Abraham Lincoln: Complete Documentary Edition
Allen C. Guelzo, Reedeemer President
1999
Douglas L. Wilson, Honor's Voice: The Transformation of Abraham Lincon
1998
Douglas L. Wilson and Rodney O. Davis, Herndon's Informants: Letters, Interviews, and Statements about Abraham Lincoln