National Book Award for Nonfiction 1970

Nominations

WinnerGandhi's Truth: On the Origins of Militant NonviolenceErik Erikson
WinnerHuey LongT. Harry William
WinnerAn Unfinished Woman: A MemoirLillian Hellman
Voyager: A Life of Hart CraneJohn Unterecker
Reflections Upon a Sinking ShipGore Vidal
Present at the Creation: My Years in the State DepartmentDean Acheson
The Limits of InterventionTownsend Hoopes
Zapata and the Mexican RevolutionJohn Womack
The Creation of the American RepublicGordon S. Wood
Beyond Economics: Essays on Society, Religion, and EthicsKenneth E. Boulding
The Unexpected UniverseLoren Eiseley
Love and WillRollo May
The Making of a Counter Culture: Reflections on the Technocratic Society and Its Youthful OppositionTheodore Roszak
Alone with America: Essays on the Art of Poetry in the United States Since 1950Richard Howard
Dr. Bowdler's Legacy: A History of Expurgated Books in England and AmericaNoel Perrin