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Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize

The Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize was created to emphasize the interdisciplinary importance of the Great Plains in today’s publishing and educational market. Only first edition, full-length, nonfiction books are evaluated for the award. The author of the winning title will receive a $5,000 cash prize and will be invited to present a lecture at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

 

The Center for Great Plains Studies is pleased to announce the winner of the 4th Annual Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize.

Comanche Empire by Pekka Hämäläinen
 

The Comanche Empire


Pekka Hämäläinen
Associate Professor of History
University of California at Santa Barbara

Publisher: Yale University Press
Complete press release

 

Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize Lecture
on November 18, 2009

 

 

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