Two Univ. of Virginia professors among finalists for George Washington Book Prize

Two professors at the University of Virginia -- Alan Taylor and Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy -- are among the three finalists for this year's George Washington Book prize. The $50,000 award, one of the country’s most lucrative literary prizes, recognizes the best new book about early American history. Taylor has been nominated for “The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832” […]