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 deadline for submission of nominations is July 1, 2013, and the winner is announced at the fall annual meeting. A letter of nomination and three copies of the book should be sent to:

Gary R. Kremer
Executive Director
State Historical Society of Missouri
1020 Lowry Street
Columbia, MO
65201-7298

Eagleton-Waters Book Award Recipients

2011

James McGrath Morris — Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print and Power

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