Voyagers to the West

Voyagers to the West: A Passage in the Peopling of America on the Eve of the Revolution
Author Bernard Bailyn
Country US
Genre history
Publisher Knopf
Publication date
1986
Pages 720
Awards Pulitzer Prize for History
ISBN 978-0394757780

Voyagers to the West: A Passage in the Peopling of America on the Eve of the Revolution is a 1986 nonfiction book by American historian Bernard Bailyn, published by Knopf. The book chronicles the migration of British and Scottish farmers into colonial America in the 1770s.[1] It won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for History, the second time Bailyn won the award. (The first time was in 1968 for The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution.)[2]

References

  1. David Levin (February 14, 1987). "Voyagers to the West: a passage in the peopling of America on the eve of the revolution". The Nation.   via HighBeam Research (subscription required) . Retrieved December 8, 2012.
  2. "Bailyn, Bernard 1922-". Contemporary Authors.   via HighBeam Research (subscription required) . January 1, 2005. Retrieved December 8, 2012.


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