1993 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – History Winner
New Worlds, Ancient Texts: The Power of Tradition and the Shock of Discovery
Anthony Grafton, April Shelford, Nancy Siraisi
On encountering what he called “the Indies”, the Jesuit Jose de Acosta wrote, “Having read what poets and philosophers write of the Torrid Zone, I persuaded myself that when I came to the Equator, I would not be able to endure the violent heat, but it turn…
1993 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – History Shortlist
Rising in the West: The True Story of an “Okie” family in Search of the American Dream
Dan Morgan
The Immobile Empire
Alain Peyrefitte, Jon Rothschild
The Most Southern Place on Earth: The Mississippi Delta and the Roots of Regional Identity
James C. Cobb
