Lincoln-Preis

Der Lincoln-Preis (Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize) wird seit 1991 vom Civil War Institute des Gettysburg College für herausragende Arbeiten über den Sezessionskrieg verliehen. Er wurde von den Investmentbankern Richard Gilder und Lewis Lehrman gestiftet in Zusammenhang mit dem Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, das auch den Frederick Douglass Prize für Bücher über Sklaverei in Amerika und den George Washington Book Prize für Bücher über die Gründungsphase der USA vergibt. Der Preis ist mit 50.000 Dollar dotiert und nach Abraham Lincoln benannt.

Preisträger

JahrAutorAusgezeichnetes Werk
1991Ken BurnsThe Civil War (Dokumentarfilm)
1992William S. McFeelyFrederick Douglass
1992Charles RoysterThe Destructive War: William Tecumseh Sherman, Stonewall Jackson, and the Americans
1993Kenneth M. StamppThe Peculiar Institution
1994Ira Berlin, Barbara J. Fields, Steven Miller, Joseph Reidy, Leslie RowlandFree at Last: A Documentary History of Slavery, Freedom, and the Civil War
1995Phillip S. PaludanThe Presidency of Abraham Lincoln
1996David Herbert DonaldLincoln
1997Don E. FehrenbacherPrelude to Greatness: Lincoln in the 1850s and The Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and Politics
1998James M. McPhersonFor Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War
1999Douglas L. WilsonHonor's Voice: The Transformation of Abraham Lincoln
2000John Hope Franklin und Loren SchweningerRunaway Slaves: Rebels in the Plantation
2000Allen C. GuelzoAbraham Lincoln: Redeemer President
2001Russell F. WeigleyA Great Civil War: A Military and Political History, 1861-1865
2002David W. BlightRace and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory
2003George C. RableFredericksburg! Fredericksburg!
2004Richard CarwardineLincoln
2005Allen C. GuelzoLincoln's Emancipation Proclamation
2006Doris Kearns GoodwinTeam of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
2007Douglas L. WilsonLincoln's Sword: The Presidency and the Power of Words
2008James OakesThe Radical and the Republican: Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the Triumph of Antislavery Politics
2008Elizabeth Brown PryorReading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee through his Private Letters
2009James M. McPhersonTried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief
2009Craig SymondsLincoln and His Admirals: Abraham Lincoln, the U.S. Navy, and the Civil War
2010Michael BurlingameAbraham Lincoln: A Life
2011Eric FonerThe Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery
2012Elizabeth D. LeonardLincoln's Forgotten Ally: Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt of Kentucky
2012William C. HarrisLincoln and the Border States
2013James OakesFreedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861–1865
2014Allen C. GuelzoGettysburg: The Last Invasion
2014Martin P. JohnsonWriting the Gettysburg Address
2014Steven SpielbergSpecial Achievement Award für Lincoln (Spielfilm)
2015Harold HolzerLincoln and the Power of the Press: The War for Public Opinion
2016Martha HodesMourning Lincoln
2017James B. ConroyLincoln’s White House: The People’s House in Wartime
2017Douglas R. EgertonThunder at the Gates: The Black Civil War Regiments That Redeemed America
2017Douglas L. Wilson, Rodney O. Davis (Special Achievement Award)Herndon on Lincoln: Letters
2018Edward AyersThe Thin Light of Freedom: The Civil War and Emancipation in the Heart of America
2019David BlightFrederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
2020Elizabeth R. VaronArmies of Deliverance: A New History of the Civil War
2021David S. ReynoldsAbe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times
2022[1]Caroline E. JanneyEnds of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee’s Army after Appomattox

Weblinks

  1. 2022 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Recipient Announced. In: gilderlehrman.org. Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, 14. Februar 2022, abgerufen am 15. Februar 2022 (englisch).