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Eagleton-Waters Book Award
Senator Thomas F. Eagleton and Society trustee Henry J. Waters III established the Eagleton-Waters Book Award to recognize the author of the best book published on the political history of Missouri. The award is presented biennially, and winners receive a certificate and $1,000. The executive director selects a committee to review the nominations, which are received from publishers and authors. The submission deadline is June 30 of odd-numbered years, and the winner is announced at the fall annual meeting.
Eagleton-Waters Book Award Recipients
2009
- Jay H. Buckley — William Clark: Indian Diplomat
2007
- Dennis K. Boman — Lincoln’s Resolute Unionist: Hamilton Gamble, Dred Scott Dissenter and Missouri’s Civil War Governor
2005
- No nominees
2003
- Lana Stein — St. Louis Politics: The Triumph of Tradition
2001
- Christopher Phillips — Missouri’s Confederate: Claiborne Fox Jackson and the Creation of Southern Identity in the Border West
