The Book Prize Index

All on Fire: William Lloyd Garrison and the Abolition of Slavery

Henry Mayer

"Superb....[A] richly researched, passionately written book."--William E. Cain, Boston Globe Widely acknowledged as the definitive history of the era, Henry Mayer's National Book Award finalist biography of William Lloyd Garrison brings to life one of the most significant American abolitionists. Extensively researched and exquisitely nuanced, the political and social climate of Garrison's times and his achievements appear here in all their prophetic brilliance. Finalist for the National Book Award, winner of the J. Anthony Lucas Book Prize, winner of the Commonwealth Club Silver Prize for Nonfiction.

BiographyBiography · medium confidenceBiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Biography -> BiographyGoogle Books: Biography & Autobiography -> Memoir & AutobiographyGoogle Books: Biography & Autobiography -> BiographySlavery & EmancipationBlack History & CultureAmerican Civil WarAfrica & the African Diaspora

Award History

1 wins · 2 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize1999WinnerSecondary source
National Book Award for NonfictionMajor1998FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • William Lloyd Garrison96%

  2. 02 Central places

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  3. 03 Suggested argument

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  4. 04 Reading orientation

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Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 60%.