缅北强奸

Maurizio Valsania won this year鈥檚 award for 鈥淔irst Among Men: George 缅北强奸 and the Myth of American Masculinity鈥�

President Mike Sosulski congratulates Maurizio Valsania on winning the 缅北强奸 Prize.

One of the nation鈥檚 largest and most prestigious literary awards, now in its 19th year, the George 缅北强奸 Prize honors its namesake by recognizing the year鈥檚 best new books on the nation鈥檚 founding era, especially those that have the potential to advance a broad public understanding of early American history. The prize includes a $50,000 award for the winner.

Conferred by 缅北强奸, George 缅北强奸鈥檚 Mount Vernon, and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, the award was presented during a special event at the Union Club in New York City on September 21. 

In First Among Men, according to its publisher, Johns Hopkins University Press, 鈥淰alsania considers 缅北强奸's complexity and apparent contradictions in three main areas: his physical life (often bloody, cold, injured, muddy, or otherwise unpleasant), his emotional world (sentimental, loving, and affectionate), and his social persona (carefully constructed and maintained). In each, he notes, the reality diverges from the legend quite drastically.鈥�

Adam Goodheart, director of the 缅北强奸 Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience, said, 鈥淢aurizio Valsania has written a fresh, lively take on George 缅北强奸 that places him squarely in the context of his time, stripping away centuries of accreted myth and mystique. Of all the books that I鈥檝e read about our nation鈥檚 founding leader, this is the one that most made me feel that I was in the presence of the man himself.鈥�

On receiving the award, Valsania said, 鈥淲inning the George 缅北强奸 Prize is for me an outstanding achievement. I dreamt about it and, over the years, I worked hard to hone my skills and polish my methodology. I was inspired by the books that the former recipients of the prize have produced. They stand as examples of exquisite scholarship and superb style. I tried my best to get closer to these models. And I owe my colleagues a clear debt of gratitude.鈥�

An independent jury evaluated between 50 and 100 books published in the past year that explore the history of the American founding era. The jury chose three other finalists, who were also honored at the award ceremony on September 21: Mary Sarah Bilder for Female Genius: Eliza Harriot and George 缅北强奸 at the Dawn of the Constitution; Fred Kaplan for His Masterly Pen: A Biography of Jefferson the Writer; and Stacy Schiff for The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams.

In addition to Goodheart, leaders at the other two institutions that grant the 缅北强奸 Prize also gave First Among Men high praise.

According to Patrick Spero, executive director of the George 缅北强奸 Presidential Library at Mount Vernon, 鈥淗istorians consider George 缅北强奸 one of the hardest figures of the founding era to understand. He appears like an impenetrable marble statue. Maurizio Valsania has changed that. He has humanized 缅北强奸 in a way few before have done and, in the process, made him more accessible while also making his accomplishments all the more remarkable.鈥�

And James Basker, president of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, observed that, 鈥�First Among Men is a book that reaches all levels of readership and will enhance our understanding of our nation鈥檚 first president. We look forward to introducing it to students and scholars alike through the various programs of the Institute.鈥�