Professor Receives Avery O. Craven Award for Book - Georgetown College

Georgetown University Assistant Professor of History Chandra Manning has been selected by the Organization of American Historians (OAH) to receive the Avery O. Craven Award for her book What this Cruel War Was Over: Soldiers, Slavery, and the Civil War (Alfred A. Knopf, 2007). The award is given to the most original book on the coming of the Civil War, the Civil War years, or the era of Reconstruction, with the exception of works of purely military history. On Saturday, March 29, OAH President Nell Irvin Painter and President-Elect Pete Daniel will present the award in New York City during the 101st Annual Meeting of the Organization.