Missouri History Book Award Winners

The Missouri History Book Award is given annually to the author of the best book written on the history of Missouri and Missourians. Original scholars ...more

Winners

	The Gateway Arch: A Biography by Tracy Campbell 3.94 avg rating — 87 ratings Missouri History Book Award (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
	Kansas City and How It Grew, 1822-2011 by James R. Shortridge 4.14 avg rating — 36 ratings Missouri History Book Award (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
	Degrees of Allegiance: Harassment and Loyalty in Missouri's German-American Community During World War I by Petra DeWitt 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings Missouri History Book Award (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
	Spirit of Rebellion: Labor and Religion in the New Cotton South by Jarod Roll 3.50 avg rating — 12 ratings Missouri History Book Award (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
	Portraits of Conflict: A Photographic History of Missouri in the Civil War by William Garrett Piston (Editor) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings Missouri History Book Award (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
	William Clark: Indian Diplomat by Jay H. Buckley really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings Missouri History Book Award (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
	Boss-Busters and Sin Hounds: Kansas City and Its Star (Volume 1) by Harry Haskell 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings Missouri History Book Award (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
	American Confluence: The Missouri Frontier from Borderland to Border State by Stephen Aron 3.77 avg rating — 39 ratings Missouri History Book Award (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
	No Ordinary Joe: A Life of Joseph Pulitzer III (Missouri Biography Series) (Volume 1) by Daniel W. Pfaff liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings Missouri History Book Award (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
	Wilderness Journey: The Life of William Clark (Volume 1) (Missouri Biography Series) by William E. Foley 4.33 avg rating — 15 ratings Missouri History Book Award (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
	Stuart Symington: A Life by James C. Olson 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings Missouri History Book Award (2004)	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
	Opening the Ozarks: A Historical Geography of Missouri's Ste. Genevieve District, 1760-1830 by Walter A. Schroeder really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings Missouri History Book Award (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
	Standing on a Volcano: The Life and Times of David Rowland Francis by Harper Barnes 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings Missouri History Book Award (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
	Wilson's Creek: The Second Battle of the Civil War and the Men Who Fought It by William Garrett Piston 4.11 avg rating — 75 ratings Missouri History Book Award (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
	Truman and Pendergast (Volume 1) by Robert H. Ferrell really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings Missouri History Book Award (2000)	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 Lynching of Cleo Wright by Dominic J. Capeci Jr. 3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings Missouri History Book Award (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
	A History of Missouri: Volume IV, 1875 to 1919 by Lawrence O. Christensen really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings Missouri History Book Award (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
	Dred Scott's Advocate: A Biography of Roswell M. Field (Missouri Biography Series) by Kenneth C. Kaufman liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating Missouri History Book Award (1997)	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
	Cultivating Cooperation: A History of the Missouri Farmers Association by Raymond A. Young really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating Missouri History Book Award (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
	Harry S. Truman: A Life by Robert H. Ferrell 3.76 avg rating — 113 ratings Missouri History Book Award (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
	From Prairie to Prison: The Life of Social Activist Kate Richards O'Hare (Volume 1) (Missouri Biography Series) by Sally M. Miller 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings Missouri History Book Award (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
	Agriculture and Slavery in Missouri's Little Dixie by R. Douglas Hurt it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings Missouri History Book Award (1993)	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