Great Lakes Book AwardGeneral Nonfiction

Given by Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association

26 Works / 27 Items 0 Livros
"Founded in 1995, The Great Lakes Book Awards annually honor the year’s brightest and most deserving books about America’s heartland. Established by the Great Lakes Booksellers Association, mostrar mais the purpose of the awards is to recognize and reward excellence in the writing and publishing of books that capture the spirit and enhance awareness of the Great Lakes region."
Great Lakes Book Awards website mostrar menos
Stages:
Todos, Winner (46), Honor Book (1), Finalist (71)
Categorias:
Anos:
Todos, 2008 (6), 2007 (1), 2006 (1), 2005 (1), 2004 (5), 2003 (8), 2002 (1), 2001 (2), 2000 (1), 1997 (1)

Winner 10

ObraAno
The Third Coast: Sailors, Strippers, Fishermen, Folksingers, Long-Haired Ojibway Painters, and God-Save-the-Queen Monarchists of the Great Lakes por Ted McClelland2008
The Great Lakes Water Wars por Peter Annin2007
Made in Detroit por Paul Clemens2006
Bound for Canaan: The Underground Railroad and the War for the Soul of America por Fergus M. Bordewich2005
One Man's Castle: Clarence Darrow in Defense of the American Dream por Phyllis Vine2004
To Conquer the Air: The Wright Brothers and the Great Race for Flight por James Tobin2003
Lake Effect por Rich Cohen2002
Taken for a Ride : How Daimler-Benz Drove off with Chrysler por Bill Vlasic2001
Bodies in Motion and at Rest: On Metaphor and Mortality por Thomas Lynch2000
City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America por Donald L. Miller1997

Finalist 17

ObraAno
Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul por Karen Abbott2008
Little Heathens por Mildred Armstrong Kalish2008
American Band: Music, Dreams, and Coming of Age in the Heartland por Kristen Laine2008
The Third Coast: Sailors, Strippers, Fishermen, Folksingers, Long-Haired Ojibway Painters, and God-Save-the-Queen Monarchists of the Great Lakes por Ted McClelland2008
Ty and The Babe: Baseball's Fiercest Rivals: A Surprising Friendship and the 1941 Has-Beens Golf Championship por Tom Stanton2008
In the Middle of the Middle West: Literary Nonfiction from the Heartland por Becky Bradway2004
Enslaved by Ducks por Bob Tarte2004
Zingerman's Guide to Good Eating: How to Choose the Best Bread, Cheeses, Olive Oil, Pasta, Chocolate, and Much More por Ari Weinzweig2004
Your Negro Tour Guide: Truths in Black and White por Kathy Y. Wilson2004
Wheels for the World: Henry Ford, His Company, and a Century of Progress por Douglas Brinkley2003
The Living Great Lakes: Searching for the Heart of the Inland Seas por Jerry Dennis2003
The Devil in the White City por Erik Larson2003
Indian Summer: The Tragic Story of Louis Francis Sockalexis, the First Native American in Major League Baseball por Brian McDonald2003
Population: 485: Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at a Time por Michael Perry2003
Walk on Water: Inside an Elite Pediatric Surgical Unit por Michael Ruhlman2003
Voelker's Pond: A Robert Traver Legacy por Ed Wargin2003
The Huron River: Voices from the Watershed por John R. Knott2001

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