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Finalists for the William P. Clements Prize for the Best Non-Fiction Book on
Southwestern America in 2008
 

BRIAN DeLAY
The War of a Thousand Deserts: Indian Raids and the U.S.- Mexican War
New Haven: Yale University Press,  2008
Other Awards and Honors:
Honorable mention from the Texas State Historical Association; Honorable Mention for the 2008 PROSE Award in the U.S. History and Biography/Authobiography category, sponsored by the Association of American Publishers; Winner of the 2008 Summerfield G. Roberts Award, presented by the Sons of the Republic of Texas; Finalist for the 2008 Francis Parkman Prize sponsored by the Society of American History; Winner of the 2009 Robert M. Utley Award given by the Western History Association; Winner of the 2009 W. Turrentine Jackson Award given by the Western History Association; Winner of the 2008 James Broussard Best First Book Prize, given by the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic; Co-winner of the 2008 Norris and Carol Hundly Best Book Award, given by the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association; Winner of a 2009 Southwest Book Award sponsored by the Border Regional Library Association; and Recipient of 2010 Bryce Wood Book Award, given by the Latin American Studies Association.

Killing for Coal PAPERBACKTHOMAS G. ANDREWS
Killing for Coal: America's Deadliest Labor War
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2008
Other Awards and Honors:
2009 George Perkins Marsh Prize for Best Book in Environmental History, American Society for Environmental History; 2009 Bancroft Prize, Columbia University; 2009 Vincent P. DeSantis Book Prize, The Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era; 2009 Colorado Book Award, History Category; 2009 Spence Award, Mining History Association; Honorable Mention, 2009 Hundley Prize, The Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association; Noteworthy Book in Industrial Relations and Labor Economics, Industrial Relations Section of Princeton Firestone Library; and 2009 Caroline Bancroft History Prize, Denver Public Library.

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