Awards 1939-1949
Years indicate when annual TIL meetings took place. Until 1955, eligible books were published between August 1 of the meeting year and the previous August 1. 1939 Book of the Year (Nonfiction): Apache Gold and Yaqui Silver (Little, Brown, 1939), by J. Frank Dobie. 1940 Book of the Year (Nonfiction): Captain Lee…