Missouri History Book Award

The Missouri History Book Award is given annually to the author of the best book written on the history of Missouri and Missourians. Original scholarship in the form of historical biographies, monographs, and/or general studies is eligible for a $1,500 cash award and a citation.

A panel of judges selected by the executive director determines the winner of the award from submissions made by publishers and authors. The closing date for submissions is June 30 of each year, and the winner of the award is announced at the fall annual meeting.

Persons wishing to nominate a book for the award should send a letter of nomination and three copies of the book to:

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

Missouri History Book Award Recipients

2010

• William Garrett Piston and Thomas P. Sweeney - Portraits of Conflict: A Photographic History of Missouri in the Civil War

2009

• Jay H. Buckley - William Clark: Indian Diplomat

2008

• Harry Haskell - Boss-Busters and Sin Hounds: Kansas City and Its Star

2007

• Stephen Aron - American Confluence: The Missouri Frontier from Borderland to Border State

2006

• Daniel W. Pfaff - No Ordinary Joe: A Life of Joseph Pulitzer III

2005

• William E. Foley- Wilderness Journey: The Life of William Clark

2004

• James C. Olson - Stuart Symington: A Life

2003

• Walter A. Schroeder- Opening the Ozarks: A Historical Geography of Missouri’s Ste. Genevieve District, 1760-1830

2002

• Harper Barnes - Standing on a Volcano: The Life and Times of David R. Francis

2001

• William Garrett Piston and Richard W. Hatcher III - Wilson’s Creek: The Second Battle of the Civil War and the Men Who Fought It

2000

• Robert H. Ferrell - Truman and Pendergast

2000 - Special Award of Merit

• Lawrence O. Christensen, William E. Foley, Gary R. Kremer, and Kenneth H. Winn - Dictionary of Missouri Biography

1999

• Dominic J. Capeci Jr. - The Lynching of Cleo Wright

1998

• Lawrence O. Christensen and Gary R. Kremer - A History of Missouri, Volume IV, 1875-1919

1997

• Kenneth C. Kaufman - Dred Scott's Advocate: A Biography of Roswell M. Field

1996

• Raymond A. Young - Cultivating Cooperation: A History of the Missouri Farmers Association

1995

• Robert H. Ferrell - Harry S. Truman: A Life

1994

• Sally M. Miller - From Prairie to Prison: The Life of Social Activist Kate Richards O'Hare

1993

• R. Douglas Hurt - Agriculture and Slavery in Missouri's Little Dixie

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