For a distinguished book upon the history of the United States, Seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500).
Awarded to "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis (Alfred A. Knopf).
Also nominated as finalists in this category were: "Way Out There in the Blue" by Frances FitzGerald (Simon & Schuster), and "The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States" by Alexander Keyssar (Basic Books).