National Book Critics Circle Award

1992 National Book Critics Circle Award - General Nonfiction WinnerYoung Men and FireNorman MacleanOn August 5, 1949, a crew of fifteen of the United States Forest Service's elite airborne firefighters, the Smokejumpers, stepped into the sky above a remote forest fire in the Montana wilderness. Two hours after their jump, all but three of these men were...Amazon1992 National Book Critics Circle Award - General Nonfiction ShortlistBreaking the Maya CodeMichael D. CoeAmazonDeath Without Weeping: The Violence of Everyday Life in BrazilNancy Scheper-HughesAmazonHome Fires: An Intimate Portrait of One Middle-Class Family in Postwar AmericaDonald KatzAmazonThe Diversity of LifeEdward O. WilsonAmazon

1993 National Book Critics Circle Award - General Nonfiction WinnerThe Land Where the Blues BeganAlan LomaxLomax's account of African American oral traditions provides information on such legendary bluesmen as Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, and Son House...Amazon1993 National Book Critics Circle Award - General Nonfiction ShortlistGenie: An Abused Child’s Flight From SilenceRuss RymerAmazonLenin’s Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet EmpireDavid RemnickAmazonThe Last PandaGeorge B. SchallerAmazonWhoredom in Kimmage: Irish Women Coming of AgeRosemary MahoneyAmazon