George Washington Book Prize Finalists Announced
Posted by: Courtney Jones
Three finalists were named for the George Washington Book Prize:
The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed
The Road to Monticello: The Life and Mind of Thomas Jefferson by Kevin J. Hayes
The Exchange Artist: A Tale of High-Flying Speculation and America’s First Banking Collapse by Jane Kamensky
The $50,000 prize winner will be announced on May 28th. Of course this may be icing on the cake for Gordon-Reed, who won the National Book Award back in November.
June 2nd, 2009 at 11:43 am
[...] to rake in money and accolades for The Hemingses of Monticello, this time receiving the $50,000 Washington Book Prize. Although it seemed to be a done deal after the Pulitzer win, she still had to wait until May 28th [...]