Our Book Award Committee is accepting nominations for the 2007 Award of Merit and the 2008 Award of Merit. Obtain more information by viewing the Award of Merit Announcement Check back this fall for an announcement of this year’s winner.

Philosophical Society of Texas Award of Merit
For the best book published on Texas, fiction or non-fiction
This award was established in 2000
Award of Merit Winners

2000 - Gregg Cantrell, Stephen F. Austin, Empresario of Texas, Yale University Press, 1999.

2001 - Frank D. Welch, Philip Johnson & Texas, University of Texas Press, 2000.

2002 - Hal K. Rothman, LBJ's Texas White House: "Our Heart's Home," Texas A&M University Press 2001.

2003 - James L. Haley, Sam Houston, University of Oklahoma Press, 2002.

2004 - Randolph B. Campbell ("Mike"), Gone to Texas: A History of the Lone Star State, Oxford University Press, 2003.

2005 - David La Vere, The Texas Indians, Texas A&M University Press, 2004.

2006 - Mavis P. Kelsey Sr. and Robin Brandt Hutchinon, Engraved Prints of Texas, 1554-1900. Texas A&M University Press, 2005.

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