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Voyagers to the West: A Passage in the Peopling of America on the Eve of the Revolution

Bernard Bailyn

Voyagers to the West: A Passage in the Peopling of America on the Eve of the Revolution is a 1986 nonfiction book by American historian Bernard Bailyn, published by Knopf. The book chronicles the migration of British farmers into colonial America in the 1770s. It won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for History, which marked the second time Bailyn won the award; the first was in 1968 for The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution.

HistoryAmerican History · medium confidenceAmerican History81 signalsLlm Classifier: American History -> American HistoryKeyword Classifier: American History -> American HistoryTopic Classifier: Immigration, Refugees & Borderlands -> Society & CultureImmigration, Refugees & BorderlandsIndigenous HistoryBlack History & Culture

Award History

1 wins · 2 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Pulitzer Prize in HistoryMajor1987WinnerSecondary source
National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionMajor1986FinalistSecondary source
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    • America45%

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