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David Pietrusza:
Awards & Honors
  • Recipient of the 2011 Excellence in Arts &
    Letters Award of the Alumni Association of
    the University at Albany

1948: Harry Truman's Improbable Victory
and the Year that Transformed America
  • A Selection of the Literary Guild
  • A Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club
  • A Selection of the History Book Club (Best Seller List)
  • A Selection of the Quality Paperback Book Club
  • Named to Boston College Vice President Fr. William
    B. Neenan's 2012-2013 "Dean's List" of
    "recommendations for an evening of good reading"

1960: LBJ vs JFK vs Nixon--
The Epic Campaign That Forged Three Presidencies
  • Starred Review-Library Journal
  • ForeWard Magazine's List of Best Political Biographies
  • USA Book News Best Books of 2009 History-Political
    Finalist

1920: The Year of the Six Presidents
  • Featured in Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2007 Issue
  • A Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club
  • A Selection of the History Book Club
  • A Selection of the Quality Paperback Book Club
  • Starred Review-Kirkus Reviews
  • Named by Richard Norton Smith on C-SPAN as one of
    his favorite presidential campaign books.

Rothstein:
The Life, Times, and Murder of the Criminal
Genius who Fixed the 1919 World Series
  • Edgar Award Finalist-Best Fact Crime Category
  • AUDIOFILE Earphones Award (Audiobook Version)
  • Booklist Top 10 Biographical Audiobooks (Audiobook
    Version)
  • Excerpted in Best Baseball Writing of 2005

Silent Cal's Almanack:
The Homespun Wit & Wisdom of Vermont's Calvin
Coolidge
  • A Selection of the Conservative Book Club

Ted Williams: My Life in Pictures
  • Listed in Ron Kaplan's 501 Baseball Books Funs Must
    Read Before They Die

Judge and Jury:
The Life and Times of Judge Kenesaw Mountain
Landis
  • CASEY Award
  • Seymour Medal Finalist
  • NASSH Award Nominee

Lights On!
  • CASEY Award Finalist
  • Listed in Ron Kaplan's 501 Baseball Books Funs Must
    Read Before They Die

Major Leagues
  • Listed in Ron Kaplan's 501 Baseball Books Funs Must
    Read Before They Die

David Pietrusza is also the recipient of the F. C. Lane
Award.
CASEY AWard
Best Baseball Writing of 2005
Kirkus Reviews - Best Books of 2007