Lincoln Prize Winners

The Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize, sponsored by the Gilder Lehrman Institute and Gettysburg College, is awarded annually for the finest scholarly work ...more

Winners

	The Thin Light of Freedom: The Civil War and Emancipation in the Heart of America by Edward L. Ayers 4.23 avg rating — 187 ratings Lincoln Prize (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lincoln's White House: The People's House in Wartime by James B. Conroy 4.05 avg rating — 97 ratings Lincoln Prize (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thunder at the Gates: The Black Civil War Regiments That Redeemed America by Douglas R. Egerton 4.19 avg rating — 113 ratings Lincoln Prize (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mourning Lincoln by Martha Hodes 3.67 avg rating — 195 ratings Lincoln Prize (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lincoln and the Power of the Press: The War for Public Opinion by Harold Holzer 4.01 avg rating — 197 ratings Lincoln Prize (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Writing the Gettysburg Address by Martin P. Johnson 4.14 avg rating — 22 ratings Lincoln Prize (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gettysburg: The Last Invasion by Allen C. Guelzo 4.28 avg rating — 2,747 ratings Lincoln Prize (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861-1865 by James Oakes 4.33 avg rating — 363 ratings Lincoln Prize (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lincoln and the Border States: Preserving the Union by William C. Harris really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 19 ratings Lincoln Prize (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lincoln's Forgotten Ally: Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt of Kentucky by Elizabeth D. Leonard 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings Lincoln Prize (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery by Eric Foner 4.17 avg rating — 6,116 ratings Lincoln Prize (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Abraham Lincoln: A Life by Michael Burlingame 4.55 avg rating — 229 ratings Lincoln Prize (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lincoln and His Admirals by Craig L. Symonds 4.22 avg rating — 415 ratings Lincoln Prize (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief by James M. McPherson 4.09 avg rating — 5,659 ratings Lincoln Prize (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Radical and the Republican: Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the Triumph of Antislavery Politics by James Oakes 3.93 avg rating — 378 ratings Lincoln Prize (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Letters by Elizabeth Brown Pryor 4.04 avg rating — 349 ratings Lincoln Prize (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lincoln's Sword: The Presidency and the Power of Words by Douglas L. Wilson 4.15 avg rating — 670 ratings Lincoln Prize (2007)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin 4.27 avg rating — 180,295 ratings Lincoln Prize (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America by Allen C. Guelzo 4.11 avg rating — 179 ratings Lincoln Prize (2005)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg! by George C. Rable 3.82 avg rating — 80 ratings Lincoln Prize (2003)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory by David W. Blight 4.13 avg rating — 2,574 ratings Lincoln Prize (2002)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Great Civil War: A Military and Political History, 1861-1865 by Russell F. Weigley 3.91 avg rating — 54 ratings Lincoln Prize (2001)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Honor's Voice: The Transformation of Abraham Lincoln by Douglas L. Wilson 4.10 avg rating — 244 ratings Lincoln Prize (1999)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lee's Miserables: Life in the Army of Northern Virginia from the Wilderness to Appomattox by J. Tracy Power (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 38 ratings Lincoln Prize (1999)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War by James M. McPherson 4.06 avg rating — 2,350 ratings Lincoln Prize (1998)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lincoln by David Herbert Donald 4.18 avg rating — 45,425 ratings Lincoln Prize (1996)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Presidency of Abraham Lincoln by Phillip Shaw Paludan 3.86 avg rating — 63 ratings Lincoln Prize (1995)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Free at Last: A Documentary History of Slavery, Freedom, and the Civil War by Ira Berlin (Editor) 4.47 avg rating — 43 ratings Lincoln Prize (1994)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Destructive War: William Tecumseh Sherman, Stonewall Jackson, and the Americans by Charles Royster 3.75 avg rating — 230 ratings Lincoln Prize (1992)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Frederick Douglass by William S. McFeely 3.94 avg rating — 316 ratings Lincoln Prize (1992)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars