National Book Award for Nonfiction 1971

Nominations

WinnerRoosevelt: The Soldier of FreedomJames MacGregor Burns
WinnerScience in the British Colonies of AmericaRaymond Phineas Stearns
WinnerCocteau: A BiographyFrancis Steegmuller
ZeldaNancy Milford
The Alternative Society: Essays from the Other WorldKenneth Rexroth
Charles Sumner and the Rights of ManDavid Herbert Donald
Against the Evidence: The Becker-Rosenthal AffairAndy Logan
Jefferson the President: First Term, 1801–1805Dumas Malone
The Last of the GiantsC. L. Sulzberger
The Body Has a HeadGustav Eckstein
Technological ManVictor C. Ferkiss
Design with NatureIan L. McHarg
The Myth of the Machine: Technics and Human DevelopmentLewis Mumford
Life on ManTheodor Rosebury
YeatsHarold Bloom
Erik H. Erikson: the Growth of His WorkRobert Coles