Past Ohioana Book Award Winners for Nonfiction
Past winners of the annual Ohioana Book Awards for Nonfiction, designed to bring state and national
attention to Ohio authors and their books.
Year |
Honoree |
Publication
|
County |
2005
|
Salamon, Julie
|
Rambam's Ladder: A Meditation on Generosity and Why It Is Necessary to Give
|
Adams
|
2005
|
Zimmer, Paul
|
Trains in the Distance
|
Stark
|
2004
|
Dirda, Michael
|
An Open Book: Coming of Age in the Heartland
|
Lorain
|
2004
|
Hagedorn, Ann
|
Beyond the River: The Untold Story of the Heroes of the Underground Railroad
|
Montgomery
|
2003
|
Salamon, Julie
|
Facing the Wind
|
Adams
|
2002
|
Fisher, Antwone Quentin
|
Finding Fish
|
Cuyahoga
|
2001
|
Mathias, Frank F.
|
The GI Generation: A Memoir
|
Montgomery
|
2000
|
Glenn, John
|
John Glenn: A Memoir
|
Muskingum
|
1999
|
Coan, Peter Morton
|
Ellis Island Interviews
|
Cuyahoga
|
1998
|
Haygood, Wil
|
The Haygoods of Columbus
|
Franklin
|
1997
|
Quammen, David
|
The Song of the Dodo
|
Hamilton
|
1996
|
Page, Tim
|
The Diaries of Dawn Powell, 1931-1965
|
not an Ohioan
|
1995
|
Frazier, Ian
|
Family
|
Cuyahoga
|
1994
|
Sanders, Scott Russell
|
Staying Put
|
Portage
|
1993
|
Marszalek, John
|
Sherman: A Soldier's Passion for Order
|
not an Ohioan
|
1992
|
Greene, Melissa Fay
|
Praying for Sheetrock
|
Montgomery
|
1991
|
Ward, Geoffrey C.
|
A First-Class Temperament: The Emergence of Franklin Roosevelt
|
Licking
|
1990
|
Wallace, David Rains
|
Bulow Hamock
|
Franklin
|
1989
|
Gilfillan, Merrill, Jr.
|
Magpie Rising
|
Darke
|
1975
|
Ruksenas, Algis
|
Day of Shame
|
Cuyahoga
|
1973
|
Hynek, J. Allen
|
The UFO Experience: A Scientific Inquiry
|
Franklin
|
1970
|
Rousculp, Charles G.
|
Chalk Dust on My Shoulder
|
Allen/Franklin
|
1969
|
Glueck, Nelson
|
The River Jordan
|
Hamilton
|
1967
|
Martin, John B.
|
Overtaken by Events
|
Butler
|
1966
|
Platt, Rutherford
|
The Great American Forest
|
Franklin
|
1965
|
Lee, Sherman E.
|
A History of Far Eastern Art
|
Cuyahoga
|
1964
|
Notestein, Lucy L.
|
Hill Towns of Italy
|
Wayne
|
1964
|
Smart, Charles Allen
|
Viva Juarez!
|
Cuyahoga
|
1963
|
Kendall, Paul Murray
|
The Yorkist Age
|
Athens
|
1962
|
Catton, Bruce
|
The Coming Fury
|
Cuyahoga
|
1961
|
Filler, Louis
|
The Crusade Against Slavery
|
Greene
|
1960
|
Glueck, Nelson
|
Rivers in the Desert
|
Hamilton
|
1960
|
Jaffa, Harry V.
|
Crisis of the House Divided
|
Franklin
|
1959
|
Carrighar, Sally
|
Moonlight at Midday
|
Cuyahoga
|
1959
|
Schlesinger, Arthur
|
Prelude to Independence: Newspaper War on Britain 1764-1776
|
Greene/Franklin
|
1958
|
Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr.
|
The Crisis of the Old Order, 1919-1933
|
Franklin
|
1957
|
Catton, Bruce
|
This Hallowed Ground
|
Cuyahoga
|
1955
|
Loesser, Arthur
|
Men, Women & Pianos
|
Cuyahoga
|
1953
|
Chalmers, Gordon K.
|
The Republic & the Person
|
Knox
|
1949
|
Arbuthnot, May Hill
|
Children and Books (Honorable Mention)
|
Cuyahoga
|
1949
|
Joseph, Sr. Miriam
|
Shakespeare's Use of the Arts of Language (Honorable Mention)
|
Putnam
|
1945
|
Dulles, Foster R.
|
The Road to Teheran, 1789-1943
|
Franklin
|
1945
|
Henderson, Algo D.
|
Vitalizing Liberal Education (2nd Place)
|
Greene
|
1945
|
Sockman, Ralph
|
Date With Destiny (3rd Place)
|
Knox
|
1943
|
Mills, Clarence A.
|
Climate Makes the Man
|
Hamilton
|
1943
|
Flory, William E. S.
|
Prisoners of War (Honorable Mention)
|
Stark
|
1943
|
Taylor, Robert Emmett
|
No Royal Road (Honorable Mention)
|
Hamilton
|
1942
|
Reston, James B.
|
Prelude to Victory
|
Montgomery
|
1942
|
Havighurst, Walter
|
The Long Ships Passing (Honorable Mention)
|
Butler
|
1942
|
Kiplinger, Willard M.
|
Washington is Like That (Honorable Mention)
|
Logan
|
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