The Book Prize Index

Authors / person-eric-foner

Portrait of Eric Foner

Eric Foner

American historian (born 1943).

Wikipedia
Portrait source · Wikimedia Commons

4

Recognized books

6

Wins

10

Lists

56

Index score

1988—2020

Recognition span

Author in the index

Eric Foner has 4 books in the current index, recognized by prize programs between 1988 and 2020. The records span 5 leading prize families shown here.

Top recognition

Bancroft Prize2
Pulitzer Prize2
Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize in American History1
Cundill History Prize1
Francis Parkman Prize1

Subject profile

Indexed works

Books by Eric Foner

4 books · sorted by recognition

Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863–1877History198830 ptsThe Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American SlaveryHistory200220 ptsGateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground RailroadHistory20154 ptsThe Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the ConstitutionHistory20192 pts
YearTitleSubjectScoreWinsListsImprint
1988Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863–1877History3036HarperCollins
2002The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American SlaveryHistory2022W. W. Norton
2015Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground RailroadHistory411Oxford University Press
2019The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the ConstitutionHistory201W. W. Norton

All books on this page are credited to Eric Foner.

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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