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award-winning books
Publishing Award-Winning Books. A Tradition at the University
of Oklahoma Press.
Since publishing its first book in 1929, the University of Oklahoma
Press and its authors have received more than 200 honors. Of
these more than 120 have been received in the last ten years:
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2006 Langum Prize in American Historical Fiction—Langum Project for Historical Literature
Dreams to Dust: A Tale of the Oklahoma Land Rush
By Sheldon Russell |
2007 Publication Award—San Antonio Conservation Society
The Conquest of Texas: Ethnic Cleansing in the Promised Land, 1820-1875
By Gary Clayton Anderson (Finalist) |
Southwest Book of the Year—Border Regional Library Association
The Civil War of Arizona: The Story of the California Volunteers, 1861-1865
By Andrew E. Masich |
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Outstanding Academic Title – Choice Magazine
Party Wars: Polarization and the Politics of Policy Making
By Barbara Sinclair |
Westerners Co-Founders Best Book Award—Westerners International
Calamity Jane: The Woman and The Legend
By James McLaird |
Best Publication—Oklahoma Museums Association
Peoples of the Plateau: The Indian Photographs of Lee Moorhouse, 1898-1915
By Steven L. Grafe |
John M. Carrol Award (Book of the Year)—Little Big Horn Association
Where Custer Fell: Photographs of the Little Bighorn Battlefield Then and Now
By James S. Brust, Brian C. Pohanka, and Sandy Barnard |
G. Joseph Skills Award (Best Book of the Year)—Custer Battlefield Historical and Museum Association
Where Custer Fell: Photographs of the Little Bighorn Battlefield Then and Now
By James S. Brust, Brian C. Pohanka, and Sandy Barnard
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Best Western Lawman-Outlaw Book of the Year—National Outlaw-Lawmen Association (NOLA)
A Decent, Orderly Lynching: The Montana Vigilantes and Their Troublesome Legacy
By Frederick Allen |
Latino Book Awards—Best Biography—Latino Literacy Now
Confessions of a Berlitz-Tape Chicana
By Demetria Martínez |
SPUR Award—Best Novel of the West—Western Writers of America
High Country: A Novel
By Willard Wyman
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SPUR Award—Best First Novel—Western Writers of America
High Country: A Novel
By Willard Wyman |
Caroline Bancroft Prize—Denver Public Library
The Conquest of Texas: Ethnic Cleansing in the Promised Land, 1820-1875
By Gary Clayton Anderson (Finalist) |
Association for Research on Non-Profit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA)—Outstanding Book in Non-Profit and Voluntary Action Research
Diminished Democracy: From Membership to Management in American Civic Life
By Theda Skocpol (Finalist) |
Oklahoma Book Award—Non-Fiction, Oklahoma Center for the Book
The University of Oklahoma: A History: Volume I 1890-1917
By David W. Levy (Finalist) |
Oklahoma Book Award—Non-Fiction, Oklahoam Center for the Book
The Chuck Wagon Cookbook: Recipes from the Ranch and Range for Today’s Kitchen
By B. Byron Price (Finalist) |
Oklahoma Book Award—Design/Illustration, Oklahoma Center for the Book
A Western Legacy: The National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum
Designed by John Hubbard, Photraphy by Ed Muno (Finalist) |
Oklahoma Book Award—Design/Illustration, Oklahoma Center for the Book
The Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at the University of Oklahoma: Selected Works
Designed by John Hubbard (Finalist) |
| 2005 |
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Distinguished Writing Award - Army Historical Foundation
The Uncivil War: Irregular Warfare in the Upper South, 1861 - 1865 by Robert R. Mackey (finalist) |
ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Award - Literary Fiction
Whose Names Are Unknown: A Novel by Sanora Babb (finalist) |
Fray Francisco Atanasio Dominguez Award - Historical Society of New Mexico
Inventing Los Alamos: The Growth of an Atomic Community by Jon Hunner |
Oklahoma Book Award - Fiction, Oklahoma Center for the Book
Following the Harvest: A Novel by Fred Harris (finalist) |
Oklahoma Book Award - Nonfiction, Oklahoma Center for the Book
Oklahoma Breeding Bird Atlas by Dan L Reinking (finalist) |
Oklahoma Book Award - Nonfiction, Oklahoma Center for the Book
Washita: The U.S. Army and the Southern Cheyenne, 1867 - 1869 by Jerome Greene (finalist) |
Spur Award for Best First Novel - Western Writers of America, Inc.
Field of Honor: A Novel by D.L. Birchfield |
Spur Award for Best Western Novel - Western Writers of America, Inc.
Whose Names Are Unknown: A Novel by Sanora Babb (finalist) |
Spur Award for Best Western Nonfiction - Western Writers of America, Inc.
Washita: The U.S. Army and the Southern Cheyenne, 1867 - 1869 by Jerome Greene (finalist) |
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2004 Best Book Award - Utah State Historical Society
Utah Historians and the Reconstruction of Western History by Gary Topping |
Best Publisher of Western Nonfiction - True West magazine
University of Oklahoma Press |
2004 Dwight L. Smith (ABC-CLIO) - Western History Association
Indian Reorganization Act: Congresses and Bills by Vine Deloria Jr. |
2004 Robert M. Utley Award - Western History Association
Morning Star Dawn: The Powder River Expedition and the Northern Cheyennes, 1876 by Jerome A. Greene |
Eliza Atkins Gleason Award, Library History Round Table - American Library Association
The Dismissal of Miss Ruth Brown: Civil Rights, Censorship, and the American Library by Louis S. Robbins |
2003 Book of the Year - Editor's Choice Prize for Fiction - ForeWord Magazine
Crossing Vines: A Novel by Rigoberto Gonzalez |
Writer of the Year - Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers
Field of Honor: A Novel by D.L. Birchfield |
El Premio Nacional “Aquileo J. Echeverria en Historia – Costa Rica Ministry of Culture, 2003
HISTORICAL ATLAS OF CENTRAL AMERICA by Carolyn Hall and Hector Perez Brignoli |
2003 Distinguished Book Award – Army Historical Foundation
SOLDIER, SURGEON, SCHOLAR: The Memoirs of William Henry Corbusier, edited by Robert Wooster (finalist) |
2003 Distinguished Book Award – Army Historical Foundation
MORNING STAR DAWN: The Powder River Expedition and the Northern Cheyennes, 1876, by Jerome A. Greene (finalist) |
2003 Nathan Bedford Forrest History Award – Forrest Cavalry Corps
SAM HOUSTON, by James L. Haley |
Oklahoma Book Award – Directors’ Award, Oklahoma Center for the Book
DAYS WE DANCED: The Story of My Theatrical Family From Florenz Ziegfeld to Arthur Murray and Beyond, by Doris Eaton Travis |
Oklahoma Book Award – Best Nonfiction Book, Oklahoma Center for the Book
DAYS WE DANCED: The Story of My Theatrical Family From Florenz Ziegfeld to Arthur Murray and Beyond, by Doris Eaton Travis (finalist) |
Oklahoma Book Award – Best Nonfiction Book, Oklahoma Center for the Book
OKLAHOMA TOUGH: My Father, King of the Tulsa Bootleggers, by Ron Padgett (finalist) |
Oklahoma Book Award – Best Nonfiction Book, Oklahoma Center for the Book
ONE WOMAN’S POLITICAL JOURNEY: Kate Barnard and Social Reform, 1875 – 1930, by Lynn Musslewhite and Suzanne Jones Crawford (finalist) |
Oklahoma Book Award – Best Nonfiction Book, Oklahoma Center for the Book
TAKING INDIAN LANDS: The Cherokee (Jerome) Commission, 1889 – 1893, by William T. Hagan (finalist) |
Spur Award for Best Western Nonfiction Biography, Western Writers of America
ON A SILVER DESERT: The Life of Ernest Haycox, by Ernest Haycox Jr. |
Spur Award for Best Western Nonfiction Biography, Western Writers of America
WILLIAM S. HART: Projecting the American West, by Ronald L. Davis (finalist) |
Spur Award for Best Western Nonfiction Historical, Western Writers of America
MORNING STAR DAWN: The Powder River Expedition and the Northern Cheyennes, 1876, by Jerome A. Greene (finalist) |
Voice of Inclusion - American College Personnel Association
WHITE AWARENESS: Handbook for Anti-Racism Training, 2nd Edition, by Judith H. Katz |
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Makemie Award of the Presbyterian Historical Society – 2003
CREATING CHRISTIAN INDIANS: Native Clergy in the Presbyterian Church, by Bonnie Sue Lewis |
Caroline Bancroft History Prize
BLOOD OF THE PROPHETS:
Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows, by Will
Bagley |
Caughey Western History Association Prize, Western
History Association
BLOOD
OF THE PROPHETS: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain
Meadows, by Will Bagley |
Philosophical Society of Texas Award of Merit
SAM HOUSTON,
by James Haley |
Robert M. Utley Prize, Western History Association
THE BLACK REGULARS,
by William Dobak and Thomas Phillips |
Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine
BOUND FOR SANTA
FE: The Road to New Mexico and the American Conquest, 1806-1848,
by Stephen Hyslop
CHIEF
DANIEL BREAD AND THE ONEIDA NATION OF INDIANS OF WISCONSIN,
by Laurence M. Hauptman and Gordon McLester |
Smith-Petit Best Book Award, John Whitmer Historical
Association
BLOOD
OF THE PROPHETS: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain
Meadows, by Will Bagley |
Westerners International Best Book Award - 2002
BLOOD OF THE PROPHETS:
Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows, by Will
Bagley |
WILLA Literary Award Nonfiction – Women Writing
the West
MARY
HALLOCK FOOTE: Author-Illustrator of the American West,
by Darlis A. Miller (finalist) |
Clio Award (Prairies Region), Canadian Historical
Association
COMMON
AND CONTESTED GROUND: A Human and Environmental History
of the Northwestern Plains, by Theodore Binnema |
Literary Award, International Napoleonic Society
NAPOLEON AND BERLIN:
The Franco-Prussian War in Northern Germany, 1813, by Michael
V. Leggiere |
Oklahoma Book Award – Best Fiction Book, Oklahoma
Center for the Book
MASK
MAKER: A Novel, by Diane Glancy |
Oklahoma Book Award – Best Nonfiction Book,
Oklahoma Center for the Book
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ATA: Chickasaw Storyteller, American Treasure, by Richard
Green (finalist) |
T.R. Fehrenbach Book Award, Texas Historical Commission
SAM HOUSTON,
by James L. Haley |
Deolece Parmelee Award, Texas Historical Foundation
SAM HOUSTON,
by James L. Haley |
Coral Horton Tullis Memorial Prize 2002, Texas State
Historical Association
SAM
HOUSTON, By James L. Haley |
Citation Award, San Antonio Conservation Society
SAM HOUSTON,
by James L. Haley |
Spur Award for Best Western Nonfiction Biography,
Western Writers of America
SAM
HOUSTON, by James L. Haley |
Spur Award for Best Western Nonfiction – Historical,
Western Writers of America
BLOOD
OF THE PROPHETS: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain
Meadows, by Will Bagley
BOUND
FOR SANTA FE: The Road to New Mexico and the American Conquest,
1806-1848, by Stephen G. Hyslop (finalist) |
Texas Old Missions and Restoration Association
Book Award, Texas Catholic Historical Society
SPAIN IN THE SOUTHWEST:
A Narrative History of Colonial New Mexico, Arizona, Texas,
and California, by John L. Kessell |
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Presidio La Bahia Award, Sons of the Republic of Texas
SPAIN IN THE SOUTHWEST:
A Narrative History of Colonial New Mexico, Arizona, Texas,
and California, by John L. Kessell (Second Place)
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Caroline Bancroft Western History Prize, Denver Public Library
NATURAL WEST: Environmental History in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains,
by Dan L. Flores (Honor Book)
FORT UNION AND THE UPPER MISSOURI
FUR TRADE, by Barton H. Barbour (Honor Book)
GENERAL CROOK AND THE WESTERN
FRONTIER, by Charles M. Robinson, III (one of six
finalists)
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Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine
TO BE INDIAN: The Life of Iroquois-Seneca Arthur Caswell Parker, by Joy Porter
ORIGINS: The Evolution of Continents, Oceans and Life, by Ron Redfern
UNEVEN GROUND: American Indian Sovereignty and Federal Law, by David E. Wilkins
and K. Tsianina Lomawaima |
American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 2003 Journalism
Award
ORIGINS: The Evolution of Continents, Oceans and Life, by Ron Redfern |
Connecticut Book Awards – Nonfiction, Connecticut
Center for the Book
STICKS, STONES
AND SHADOWS: Building the Egyptian Pyramids, by Martin Isler (finalist) |
Oklahoma Book Award – Best Nonfiction Book, Oklahoma
Center for the Book
GIFTS OF PRIDE AND
LOVE: Kiowa and Comanche Cradles, edited by Barbara Hail (finalist)
LETTERS FROM THE
DUST BOWL, by Caroline Henderson, edited by Alvin O. Turner
(finalist) |
Oklahoma Book Award – Best Illustrated Book,
Oklahoma Center for the Book
GIFTS OF PRIDE
AND LOVE: Kiowa and Comanche Cradles, edited by Barbara Hail (finalist)
TRAVELING ROUTE
66, by Nick Freeth (finalist) |
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Best Book on Oklahoma History, Oklahoma Historical Society
ANGIE DEBO: Pioneering Historian, by Shirley A. Leckie
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Oklahoma Book Award – Best Nonfiction Book, Oklahoma Center for the Book
CONTRARY NEIGHBORS: Southern Plains and Removed Indians
in Indian Territory, by David La Vere (winner)
ANGIE DEBO: Pioneering Historian, by Shirley A. Leckie (finalist)
THE DISMISSAL OF
MISS RUTH BROWN: Civil Rights, Censorship,
and the American Library, by Louise S. Robbins (finalist)
INDIAN
GAMING: Tribal Sovereignty and American Politics, by W. Dale
Mason (finalist)
WALTZING WITH THE
GHOST OF TOM JOAD: Poverty,
Myth, and Low-Wage Labor in Oklahoma, by Robert Lee Maril (finalist)
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Jay D. Smith Literary Award, Little Big Horn Associates
CUSTER
IN ’76: Walter Camp’s Notes on the Custer
Fight, edited by Kenneth Hammer (Given to a book of the past
that has had an important and lasting impact on Custeriana.)
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Outstanding Academic Book, Choice Magazine
DOCUMENTS
OF AMERICAN INDIAN DIPLOMACY: Treaties, Agreements and Conventions,
1775 – 1979, edited by Vine Deloria,
Jr., and Raymond J. DeMallie
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Peace and Friendship Award, Washington State Historical
Society
A
LITTLE BIT OF WISDOM:
Conversations With a Nez Perce Elder,by Horace Axtell and Margo Aragon
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T. R. Fehrenbach Book Award, Texas Historical Commission
THE TEXAS SHERIFF: Lord of the County Line, by Thad Sitton
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Thomas J. Lyon Book Award, Western Literature Association
BRET HARTE: Opening the American Literary West, by Gary Scharnhorst
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Willa Literary Award for Non-Fiction, Women Writing the
West
THE DISMISSAL
OF MISS RUTH BROWN: Civil Rights, Censorship,
and the American Library, by Louise S. Robbins (winner)
ANGIE
DEBO: Pioneering Historian, by Shirley A. Leckie (finalist)
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Best Book on Oklahoma History, Oklahoma Historical Society
AGRARIAN SOCIALISM
IN AMERICA: Marx, Jefferson, and Jesus in the Oklahoma Countryside
1904 – 1920, by Jim Bissett
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Best Nonfiction Book, Nebraska Center for the Book
THE FRONTIER
ARMY IN THE SETTLEMENT OF THE WEST, by Michael
L. Tate
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| John C. Ewers Award, Western History Association
THE GREAT LAW AND
THE LONGHOUSE: A Political History of the Iroquois Confederacy,
by William N. Fenton |
Oklahoma Book Award – Best Fiction Book, Oklahoma Center For the Book
THE VOICE THAT WAS
IN TRAVEL, by Diane Glancy (finalist) |
Oklahoma Book Award – Best Nonfiction Book, Oklahoma Center for the Book
AGRARIAN SOCIALISM
IN AMERICA: Marx, Jefferson, and Jesus in the Oklahoma Countryside
1904 – 1920, by Jim Bissett (finalist)
GEORGE WASHINGTON GRAYSON AND THE
CREEK NATION, 1843 – 1920, by Mary Jane Warde (finalist) |
Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Award, American Political Science
Association
VOICES FROM
EXILE: Violence and Survival in Modern Maya History,
by Victor Montejo
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Spur Award for Best Novel of the West, Western Writers of
America
DARK RIVER: A Novel, by Louis Owens (finalist)
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