Evans Biography Award Winners

The Evans Biography and Handcart Awards encourage the best in research and writing about the Interior West through the giving of two annual prizes for ...more

Winners

	In a Rugged Land: Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange, and the Three Mormon Towns Collaboration, 1953–1954 by James Swensen 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings Evans Biography Award (2019)	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 House Full of Females: Plural Marriage and Women's Rights in Early Mormonism, 1835-1870 by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,015 ratings Evans Biography Award (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
	Leonard Arrington and the Writing of Mormon History by Gregory A. Prince 4.46 avg rating — 175 ratings Evans Biography Award (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
	Real Native Genius: How an Ex-Slave and a White Mormon Became Famous Indians by Angela Pulley Hudson 3.50 avg rating — 26 ratings Evans Biography Award (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
	Gasa Gasa Girl Goes to Camp: A Nisei Youth Behind A World War II Fence by Lily Yuriko Nakai Havey 4.36 avg rating — 58 ratings Evans Biography 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
	A Frontier Life: Jacob Hamblin, Explorer and Indian Missionary by Todd M. Compton 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings Evans Biography 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
	Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis by Timothy Egan (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 8,934 ratings Evans Biography 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
	The Man Who Never Died: The Life, Times, and Legacy of Joe Hill, American Labor Icon by William M. Adler 4.05 avg rating — 300 ratings Evans Biography 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
	"Liberty to the Downtrodden": Thomas L. Kane, Romantic Reformer by Matthew J. Grow 4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings Evans Biography 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
	Kenneth Milton Chapman: A Life Dedicated to Indian Arts and Artists by Janet Chapman (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings Evans Biography 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
	Dave Rust: A Life in the Canyons by Frederick H. Swanson 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings Evans Biography 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
	Recollections of Past Days: The Autobiography of Patience Loader Rozsa Archer by Sandra Ailey Petree (Editor) 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings Evans Biography 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
	Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling by Richard L. Bushman 4.08 avg rating — 8,511 ratings Evans Biography 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
	Don't Let the Sun Step Over You: A White Mountain Apache Family Life, 1860–1975 by Eva Tulene Watt 4.09 avg rating — 23 ratings Evans Biography 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
	Scenes from the High Desert: JULIAN STEWARD'S LIFE AND THEORY by Virginia Kerns really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating Evans Biography 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
	Sarah Winnemucca by Sally Zanjani 4.26 avg rating — 23 ratings Evans Biography 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
	A River Running West: The Life of John Wesley Powell by Donald Worster 4.06 avg rating — 276 ratings Evans Biography 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
	George Q. Cannon: A Biography by Davis Bitton 3.86 avg rating — 21 ratings Evans Biography 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
	From Mission to Madness: Last Son of the Mormon Prophet by Valeen Tippetts Avery 4.02 avg rating — 48 ratings Evans Biography 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
	Mahonri Young: His Life and Art by Thomas E. Toone 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings Evans Biography 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
	Wallace Stegner: His Life and Work by Jackson J. Benson 4.16 avg rating — 112 ratings Evans Biography 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
	Barry Goldwater by Robert Alan Goldberg 3.71 avg rating — 31 ratings Evans Biography 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
	Fighting the Odds: The Life of Senator Frank Church by LeRoy Ashby 4.47 avg rating — 17 ratings Evans Biography 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
	Elizabeth Bacon Custer and the Making of a Myth by Shirley A. Leckie 4.22 avg rating — 32 ratings Evans Biography 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
	Heart Earth by Ivan Doig 3.92 avg rating — 861 ratings Evans Biography Award (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
	Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place by Terry Tempest Williams 4.18 avg rating — 9,574 ratings Evans Biography Award (1991)	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
	Things in Heaven and Earth: The Life and Times of Wilford Woodruff by Thomas G. Alexander 3.70 avg rating — 73 ratings Evans Biography Award (1991)	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
	River of Traps: A Village Life by William deBuys 4.43 avg rating — 101 ratings Evans Biography Award (1990)	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
	Joseph Smith III: Pragmatic Prophet by Roger D. Launius 3.96 avg rating — 48 ratings Evans Biography Award (1988)	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
	Juanita Brooks: Mormon woman historian (Utah centennial series) by Levi S. Peterson 4.24 avg rating — 33 ratings Evans Biography Award (1987)	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