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Louise
Mirrer, Ron
Chernow and
Roger Hertog.
Photo by:
Don Pollard
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GEORGE
WASHINGTON
BIOGRAPHER
HONORED WITH
AMERICAN
HISTORY BOOK
PRIZE
AT
NEW-YORK
HISTORICAL
SOCIETY’S
SIXTH ANNUAL
WEEKEND WITH
HISTORY
BLACK-TIE
DINNER ON
FRIDAY,
APRIL 8
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WHAT:
Presentation
of the
$50,000
American
History Book
Prize at
the gala
black-tie
dinner that
opens
Weekend With
History,
the
exclusive,
high-level
annual
gathering
organized by
the
Chairman’s
Council of
the New-York
Historical
Society.
WHO:
Roger Hertog,
Chairman of
the
Historical
Society,
presented
the 2011
award to
author
Ron Chernow
in
recognition
of his book
Washington:
A Life
(Penguin
Press, 2010)
WHERE:
Metropolitan
Club
1 East 60th
Street
WHEN:
Friday,
April 8,
2011
6:00 pm:
cocktails in
the Great
Hall
7:00 pm:
dinner in
the West
Lounge
HONORARY
CO-CHAIRS:
Akhil
Reed Amar,
Joyce
Appleby,
Debby
Applegate,
Sven Beckert,
Thomas
Bender,
David
Blight,
Douglas
Brinkley,
Ric Burns,
David
Cannadine,
Robert A.
Caro,
Ron Chernow, Andrew Delbanco, Eric Foner, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Doris
Kearns
Goodwin,
John Steele
Gordon,
Harold
Holzer,
Daniel
Walker Howe,
Kenneth T.
Jackson,
Edward P.
Jones, David
Kennedy,
Jill Lepore,
Pauline
Maier,
Steven Mintz,
David Nasaw,
Cokie
Roberts,
Simon Schama,
Stacy
Schiff,
Benno C.
Schmidt,
Russell
Shorto,
Peter
Silver, Jean
Edward
Smith,
Lesley
Stahl,
Robert A.M.
Stern,
Richard
Sylla, Sean
Wilentz,
Gordon Wood
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