Bancroft Prize

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one of a group of annual awards for literary achievement in American history and biography: administered by Columbia University.

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Origin of Bancroft Prize

Named after G. Bancroft

Fred Logevall at Cornell won the Pulitzer Prize and is a diplomatic historian; he just started a book on Kennedy.
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So I remember when Altman won the prize, he went up and said some version of, “Too little, too late.”
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The prize will not be replaced if lost, mutilated, or stolen.
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This week, on December 10th, Human Rights Day, she will receive the Nobel Prize—the youngest person ever to be honored.
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While the winners will take home the prize money and title, the eliminated contestants can hardly be considered losers.
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To add point to this success, he knew that the victor of Montebello was straining every nerve to gain this very prize.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
Whoever succeeded in getting the ring on his stick won the game, and carried the prize home as a sign of victory.
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Ike had read the "Herald," with all about "the great prize fight" in it, and had become entirely carried away with it.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
Never before had so dazzling a prize shimmered before him in the near distance.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
It is almost unnecessary to add, that the porter had his share well paid, and that the fisherman got the full value for his prize.
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