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Bancroft Prize 2013
The 2013 Bancroft Prize went to Lincoln's Code: The Laws of War in American History by John Fabian Witt and The Mortal Sea: Fishing the Atlantic in the Age of Sail by W. Jeffrey Bolster.
Winners
- Lincoln's Code: The Laws of War in American Historysource (opens in a new tab)
- The Mortal Sea: Fishing the Atlantic in the Age of Sailsource (opens in a new tab)
About the Bancroft Prize
Covers Bancroft Prize winners 2006-2025, transcribed from Columbia University Libraries' Current and Previous Awards page. Year is the award year as Columbia labels it; each year's prizes go to books with a copyright date in the previous year. Two or three books win each year; Columbia publishes no shortlist, so every row is a Winner. Joint authors (2018, Heinrichs and Gallicchio) are joined with 'and'. No fallbacks were needed. The 2026 prizes are listed on the page but fall outside the 2006-2025 window.
Organization: Columbia University Libraries. Years are award years, which can differ from publication years. Official site (opens in a new tab)
Shares the most books with
- Pulitzer Prize (Biography and History) 10 shared books
- Cundill History Prize 8 shared books
- Los Angeles Times Book Prizes 6 shared books
- National Book Awards 5 shared books