2008 Texas A&M University Press Awards Summary


T. R. Fehrenbach Award

Gregg Cantrell and Elizabeth Hayes Turner, eds. 

Lone Star Pasts.

Awarded by the Texas Historical Commission.

Debra A. Reid 

Reaping a Greater Harvest.

Awarded by the Texas Historical Commission.

Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society Publication
Award for Outstanding Authored Book
Elizabeth Cary Mungall 

Exotic Animal Field Guide.

Awarded by the Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society.

Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society Publication
Award for Outstanding Edited Book
Leonard A. Brennan 

Texas Quails.

Awarded by the Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society.

Texas Institute of Letters Award for the Most
Significant Scholarly Book
Jerry Thompson 

Cortina.

Awarded by the Texas Institute of Letters.

Coral Horton Tullis Memorial Prize

Jane Clements Monday and Frances Brannen Vick 

Petra's Legacy.

Awarded by the Texas State Historical Association.

Ron Tyler Award

Stephen Fox 

The Country Houses of John F. Staub.

Awarded by the Texas State Historical Association.

2008 Southern Methodist University Press
Awards Summary


PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction

T. M. McNally 

The Gateway. (Finalist)

Awarded by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation.

2007 Texas A&M University Press Awards Summary


Air Force Materiel Command Excellence in
Historical Publications Award
William Head 

Shadow and Stinger.

Awarded by the Air Force Materiel Command.

Kate Broocks Bates Award

Stephen Townsend 

The Yankee Invasion of Texas.

Awarded by the Texas State Historical Association.

Liz Carpenter Award

Sara Massey 

Texas Women on the Cattle Trails.

Awarded by the Texas State Historical Association.

Emme Award for Astronautical Literature

Maura Phillips Mackowski 

Testing the Limits. (Honorable Mention)

Awarded by the American Astronautical Society.

Clotilde P. Garcia Tejano Book Prize

Jerry D. Thompson 

Cortina.

Awarded by the Texas State Genealogical Society.

Marine Corps Heritage Foundation General Wallace M.
Greene Jr. Award
Roberts S. Burrell 

The Ghosts of Iwo Jima.

Awarded by the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation.

Jim Parish Award (in recognition of preservation
of local and regional history)
Ricardo D. Palacios 

Tío Cowboy.

Awarded by the Webb County Heritage Foundation.

Gaspar Perez de Villagra Award (History)

David L. Caffey 

Frank Springer and New Mexico.

Awarded by The Historical Society of New Mexico.

San Antonio Conservation Society Publication Award

Wilma Rugh Taylor 

Gospel Tracks through Texas.

Awarded by the San Antonio Conservation Society.

SCV-SGR Book Award for Best Book on Texas and/or
the Confederacy, 1861–1865

Stephen Townsend 

The Yankee Invasion of Texas.

Awarded by the Sons of Confederate Veterans.

Summerfield G. Roberts Award

Anne H. Sutherland 

The Robertsons, the Sutherlands, and the Making of Texas.

Awarded by the Sons of the Republic of Texas.

Texas Institute of Letters Award  for Most Significant 
Scholarly Book

Jerry Thompson 

Civil War to the Bloody End.

Awarded by the Texas Institute of Letters.

Coral Horton Tullis Memorial Prize

Lauro F. Cavazos 

A Kineño Remembers. (Honorable Mention)

Awarded by the Texas State Historical Association.

Anne H. Sutherland 

The Robertsons, the Sutherlands, and the Making of Texas.
(Honorable Mention)

Awarded by the Texas State Historical Association.

2007 State House/McWhiney Foundation Press
Awards Summary


A. C. Greene Award

Carlton Stowers 

Oh Brother, How They Played the Game.

Awarded by Friends of the Abilene Public Library.

2007 Texas State Historical Association Press
Awards Summary


San Antonio Conservation Society's Publications Award

Mary Margaret McAllen Amberson 

A Brave Boy and a Good Soldier.

Jerry Thompson and Lawrence T. Jones III 

Civil War and Revolution on the Rio Grande Frontier.

Gregg J. Dimmick 

Sea of Mud.

Awarded by the San Antonio Conservation Society.

TIL's Friends of the Austin Public Library Award for
Best Children's Book
Mary Margaret McAllen Amberson 

A Brave Boy and a Good Soldier. (Finalist)

Awarded by TIL's Friends of the Austin Public Library.

Western Writers of America's Spur Award for
Best Juvenile Nonfiction
Mary Margaret McAllen Amberson 

A Brave Boy and a Good Soldier. (Finalist)

Awarded by the Western Writers of America.

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