National Book Awards' nonfiction longlist for 2013 has been released
by sernabad
The lists just keep on rolling out from the National Book Awards.
Monday we had the young people's list. Yesterday, we learned of the poetry contenders.
Today, it's the nonfiction titles. Of the ten authors selected, nine are new to this honor. Among the contenders are:
Jill Lepore, who tells the story of Ben Franklin's impressive sister in Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin.
In Hitler's Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields, Wendy Lower digs into the lives of half a million women Nazis who participated in the genocide.
Part of Alan Taylor's The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832, is his fascinating account of a group of Virginia slaves who boarded British warships and made a bargain -- in exchange for protection of their families, the slaves would share their extensive knowledge of Virginia to help England's war efforts.
For a complete list of nonfiction titles, check here.
Watch this space for release of the fiction titles.
All finalists will be announced on October 16th.
Winners will be announced on November 20th at the National Book Awards Ceremony and Benefit Dinner.
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