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1942 Awards

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1942 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Children's, Newbery Medal

1942 Newbery Medal – Children’s Winner and Nominees

1942 Newbery Medal - Children's WinnerThe Matchlock GunWalter D. Edmonds...Amazon1942 Newbery Medal - Children's NomineesDown Ryton WaterEva Roe GagginAmazonGeorge Washington's WorldGenevieve FosterAmazonIndian Captive: the Story of Mary JemisonLois LenskiAmazonLittle Town on the PrairieLaura Ingalls WilderAmazon
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28Mar By awardsarchive_e47t1fNo Comments
1942 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Pulitzer Prize, Pulitzer Prize - Fiction

1942 Pulitzer Prize – Fiction Winner and Nominees

1942 Pulitzer Prize - Fiction WinnerIn This Our LifeEllen GlasgowThe core theme that is throughout the whole book: New order vs. Old order. It takes place during the forties with a family named Timberlake. There is Asa, Lavinia, Roy and Stanley (both daughters despite the names). Both daughters are married or soon will ...Amazon
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1942 Pulitzer Prize – History Winner and Nominees

1942 Pulitzer Prize - History WinnerReveille in Washington, 1860–1865Margaret LeechExcerpt from Reveille in Washington: 1860-1865 Uneasily in the Presidential chair sat James Buchanan of Pennsylvania, like a nervous gentleman on a runaway horse, longing for the ride to be over. A commonplace politician of nearly seventy, he was conscient...Amazon
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1942 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry

1942 Governor General’s Literary Award – Poetry Winner and Nominees

1942 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry WinnerDavid and Other PoemsEarle BirneyOver the course of a career spanning five decades, Canadian poet, novelist and playwright Earle Birney produced some of Canadas best-known poems. The Essential Earle Birney contains a selection of his pivotal works, including early break-out successes; nu...Amazon
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