Voyagers to the West: A Passage in the Peopling of America on the Eve of the Revolution
Author | Bernard Bailyn |
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Country | US |
Genre | history |
Publisher | Knopf |
Publication date | 1986 |
Pages | 720 |
Awards | Pulitzer Prize for History |
ISBN | 978-0394757780 |
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 and Scottish farmers into colonial America in the 1770s.[1] It won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for History, the second time Bailyn won the award. (The first time was in 1968 for The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution.)[2]
References
- ↑ David Levin (February 14, 1987). "Voyagers to the West: a passage in the peopling of America on the eve of the revolution". The Nation. – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) . Retrieved December 8, 2012.
- ↑ "Bailyn, Bernard 1922-". Contemporary Authors. – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) . January 1, 2005. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
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