Books by Daniel Walker Howe
What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848
by Daniel Walker Howe
🏆 Winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for History
The eighth volume in the distinguished Oxford History of the United States series. The Atlantic described What Hath God Wrought as a "comprehensive, richly detailed, and elegantly written account of the republic between the War of 1812 and the American victory in Mexico a generation later." It is, it declared, "a masterpiece."
Interviews where books by Daniel Walker Howe were recommended
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No Right to An Honest Living: The Struggles of Boston's Black Workers in the Civil War Era
by Jacqueline Jones -
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Freedom’s Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power
by Jefferson Cowie -
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Cuba: An American History
by Ada Ferrer -
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Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America
by Nicole Eustace -
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Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America
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Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America
by Caleb McDaniel
Pulitzer Prize-Winning History Books
Pulitzer Prize-Winning History Books
Every year, the Pulitzer Prize jury awards $15,000 to a “distinguished and appropriately documented book on the history of the United States.” We’ve compiled a guide to the winning books since the turn of the millennium.
