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
2009 – Allen C. Guelzo
Book: Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates That Defined America VIDEO
2008 – James Oakes
Book: The Radical and the Republican: Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the Triumph of Antislavery Politics VIDEO
2007 – Douglas L. Wilson
Book: Lincoln's Sword: The Presidency and the Power of Words VIDEO
Gabor Boritt
Book: The Gettysburg Gospel: The Lincoln Speech That Nobody Knows VIDEO
Book: Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness VIDEO
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Book: Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
2005 – Allen C. Guelzo.
Book: Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America
2004 – William C. Harris
Book: Lincoln's Last Months
2003 – William Lee Miller.
Book: Lincoln's Virtues: An Ethical Biography
2002 – Kenneth J. Winkle
Book: The Young Eagle: The Rise of Abraham Lincoln
2001 – Lincoln Legal Papers. (G. Cullom Davis and Martha Benner, eds.)
Book: The Law Practice of Abraham Lincoln: Complete Documentary Edition
2000 – Allen C. Guelzo
Book: Reedeemer President
1999 – Douglas L. Wilson
Book: Honor's Voice: The Transformation of Abraham Lincon
1998 – Douglas L. Wilson and Rodney O. Davis
Book: Herndon's Informants: Letters, Interviews, and Statements about Abraham Lincoln