For a distinguished book upon the history of the United States, Five thousand dollars ($5,000).
Awarded to "Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion" by Edward J. Larson (BasicBooks).
Also nominated as finalists in this category were: "Big Trouble: A Murder in a Small Western Town Sets off a Struggle for the Soul of America" by J. Anthony Lukas (Simon & Schuster), and "Civic Ideals: Conflicting Visions of Citizenship in U.S. History" by Rogers M. Smith (Yale University Press).