2019
Winner
The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation by Colin Calloway
Finalists
Rush: Revolution, Madness, and Benjamin Rush, the Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father by Stephen Fried
Jefferson’s Daughters: Three Sisters, White and Black, in a Young America by Catherine Kerrison
The Tragedy of Benedict Arnold: An American Life by Joyce Lee Malcolm
In the Hurricane’s Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown by
Nathaniel Philbrick
Revolution Song: A Story of American Freedom by Russell Shorto
Young Washington: How Wilderness and War Forged America's Founding Father by Peter Stark