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LA Times Book Prize

The Contagion of Liberty by Andrew M. Wehrman

Sponsoring Organization: Los Angeles Times Book Prizes
Award Level: Finalist | Award Year: 2022
Award Category: History
Winner(s): The Contagion of Liberty: The Politics of Smallpox in the American Revolution, by Andrew M. Wehrman

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Andrew M. Wehrman
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Andrew M. Wehrman

Andrew M. Wehrman is an associate professor of history at Central Michigan University. A winner of the Walter Muir Whitehill Prize in Early American History, his writing has appeared in The New England Quarterly, The Boston Globe, and The Washington Post.

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