Voyagers to the West

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 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]

Voyagers to the West: A Passage in the Peopling of America on the Eve of the Revolution
AuthorBernard Bailyn
CountryUS
Genrehistory
PublisherKnopf
Publication date
1986
Pages720
AwardsPulitzer Prize for History
ISBN978-0394757780

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) . Archived from the original on November 17, 2018. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
  2. "Bailyn, Bernard 1922-". Contemporary Authors.  – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) . January 1, 2005. Archived from the original on November 14, 2018. Retrieved December 8, 2012.


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