2006 National Book Award Winner for Nonfiction


The nominees for the 2006 National Book Award in Nonfiction were:

Taylor Branch, "At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68" (Simon & Schuster)

Rajiv Chandrasekaran, "Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone" (Knopf)

Peter Hessler, "Oracle Bones: A Journey Between China's Past and Present" (HarperCollins)

Timothy Egan, "The Worst Hard Time." (Houghton Mifflin)

The winner was Timothy Egan for "The Worst Hard Time."

Sources: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/books/292552_bookawards16.html

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003433007_egan16.html

http://www.nysun.com/article/43623

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/16/books/16books.html?ex=1321333200&en=fb438684c4c2f6fd&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

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