National Book Award for Nonfiction 1982

Nominations

WinnerThe Soul of a New MachineTracy Kidder
WinnerMornings on HorsebackDavid McCullough
WinnerThe Generation of 1914Robert Wohl
WinnerPeople of the Sacred Mountain: A History of the Northern Cheyenne Chiefs and Warrior Societies, 1830–1879Peter J. Powell
WinnerWalter Lippmann and the American CenturyRonald Steel
WinnerNaming NamesVictor S. Navasky
Helen and Teacher: The Story of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan MacyJoseph P. Lash
MaughamTed Morgan
The Geography of the Imagination: Forty EssaysGuy Davenport
National DefenseJames Fallows
Psychoanalysis: The Impossible ProfessionJanet Malcolm
Russian JournalAndrea Lee
Anatomy of an Illness As Perceived by the Patient: Reflections on HealingNorman Cousins
African Calliope: A Journey to the SudanEdward Hoagland
Great Expectations: America and the Baby Boom GenerationLandon Jones
Nature and Culture: American Landscape Painting, 1825–1875Barbara Novak
Franklin D. Roosevelt and American Foreign Policy, 1932–1945Robert Dallek
1587, a Year of No Significance: The Ming Dynasty in DeclineRay Huang
Warriors at Suez: Eisenhower Takes America into the Middle EastDonald Neff
Eisenhower's Lieutenants: The Campaign of France and Germany, 1944–1945Russell F. Weigley
Mary Chestnut's Civil WarC. Vann Woodward
The Dream of the Golden MountainsMalcolm Cowley
At Odds: Women and the Family in America from the Revolution to the PresentCarl N. Degler
Bernard Berenson: The Making of a ConnoisseurErnest Samuels
The Law of the Land: The Evolution of Our Legal SystemCharles Rembar
Peter the Great: His Life and WorldRobert K. Massie
Waldo Emerson: A BiographyGay Wilson Allen
Jefferson and His Time: The Sage of MonticelloDumas Malone
Grant: A BiographyWilliam S. McFeely
The BeechersMilton Rugoff