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Alan Taylor

Alan Taylor, one of our leading historians, is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize in history. His many books include American Revolutions, the standard account, and, most recently, American Civil Wars. He is the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Virginia.

Alan Taylor

Awards

Shortlisted — George Washington Book Prize, 2017

Winner — New-York Historical Society American History Book Prize, 2022

Books by Alan Taylor

The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772–1832
Alan Taylor
Hardback, 2013
Winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for History

This searing story of slavery and freedom in the Chesapeake by a Pulitzer Prize–winning historian reveals the pivot in the nation’s path between the...
American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750-1804
Alan Taylor
Paperback, 2017
From a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, a fresh, authoritative history that recasts thinking about America’s founding period.
Thomas Jefferson's Education
Alan Taylor
Hardback, 2019
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, a brilliant, absorbing study of Jefferson and his campaign to save Virginia through education.
Thomas Jefferson's Education
Alan Taylor
Paperback, 2020
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, a brilliant, absorbing study of Jefferson and his campaign to save Virginia through education.
American Republics: A Continental History of the United States, 1783-1850
Alan Taylor
Hardback, 2021
From a Pulitzer Prize–winning historian, the powerful story of a precarious United States as it expands across a contested continent.
The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772–1832
Alan Taylor
E Book, 2013
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History
Finalist for the National Book Award
Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize

"Impressively researched and beautifully crafted…a brilliant account of...
American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750-1804
Alan Taylor
E Book, 2016
From a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, a fresh, authoritative history that recasts thinking about America’s founding period.
Thomas Jefferson's Education
Alan Taylor
E Book, 2019
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, a brilliant, absorbing study of Jefferson and his campaign to save Virginia through education.
American Republics: A Continental History of the United States, 1783-1850
Alan Taylor
E Book, 2021
From a Pulitzer Prize–winning historian, the powerful story of a precarious United States as it expands across a contested continent
American Republics: A Continental History of the United States, 1783-1850
Alan Taylor
Paperback, 2022
From a Pulitzer Prize–winning historian, the powerful story of a precarious United States as it expands across a contested continent