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, which marked the second time Bailyn won the award; the first was in 1968 for The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution.[2]
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Author | Bernard Bailyn |
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Genre | history |
Publisher | Knopf |
Publication date | 1986 |
Publication place | US |
Pages | 720 |
Awards | Pulitzer Prize for History |
ISBN | 978-0394757780 |
References
edit- ^ David Levin (February 14, 1987). "Voyagers to the West: a passage in the peopling of America on the eve of the revolution". The Nation. Archived from the original on November 17, 2018. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
- ^ "Bailyn, Bernard 1922-". Contemporary Authors. January 1, 2005. Archived from the original on November 14, 2018. Retrieved December 8, 2012.