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Journal of the Early Republic
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September 22, 2008
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Warmest congratulations to our own Dan Howe, SHEAR's President in 2000 and a JER Editorial Board member from 2003-2007, whose What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848, won this year's Pulitzer Prize for what the folks there prosaically call "a distinguished book upon the history of the United States." The two other finalists in this category were Robert Dallek's Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power, and The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War by the late David Halberstam, so Dan has come out upon top of some superb scholarship.
We are also delighted that Monica Najar's JER article, ...
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