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David W. Blight

American historian.

Wikipedia

Portrait source · Wikimedia Commons

Recognized books

Wins

Lists

Index score

2001—2019

Recognition span

Author in the index

David W. Blight has 3 books in the current index, recognized by prize programs between 2001 and 2019. The records span 5 leading prize families shown here.

Top recognition

Bancroft Prize2

Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards1

Cundill History Prize1

Dayton Literary Peace Prize1

Francis Parkman Prize1

Subject profile

History2

Biography1

Indexed works

Books by David W. Blight

3 books · sorted by recognition

Frederick Douglass: Prophet of FreedomBiography201846 pts Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American MemoryHistory200214 pts American OracleHistory—4 pts

Year	Title	Subject	Score	Wins	Lists	Imprint
2018	Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom	Biography	46	5	8	Simon & Schuster
2002	Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory	History	14	2	2	Harvard University Press
—	American Oracle	History	4	1	1	Unknown

Prize metrics come from Book Prize Index records. Biographical description and portrait metadata are sourced from the matched Wikidata and Wikimedia records; uncertain identity matches are omitted.

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