For a distinguished book upon the history of the United States, Ten thousand dollars ($10,000).

Awarded to "What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848" by Daniel Walker Howe (Oxford University Press)

Richard Oppel, Pulitzer Board co-chair (left), presents the 2008 Pulitzer Prize in History to Daniel Walker Howe.

Finalists

Also nominated as finalists in this category were: "Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power" by Robert Dallek (HarperCollins), and "The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War" by the late David Halberstam (Hyperion).