Lost Airmen: The Epic Rescue of WWII U.S. Bomber Crews Stranded Behind Enemy Lines by Charles E. Stanley Jr. (Regnery History) has won the 2023 William E. Colby Military Writers' Award, given to "a first solo work of fiction or nonfiction that has made a major contribution to the understanding of military history, intelligence operations or international affairs." Stanley receives a $5,000 author honorarium provided by the Pritzker Military Foundation on behalf of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library, which will be presented during the Norwich University Military Writers' Symposium, October 10-11.
Organizers wrote: "In Lost Airmen, Stanley unveils the shocking true story of his father, Charles Stanley--and the 18 brave soldiers that he served alongside. Drawing on over 20 years of research, dozens of interviews, and previously unpublished letters, diaries, and memoirs written by the airmen, Stanley recounts the deadly journey across the blizzard-swept Dinaric Alps during the worst winter of the Twentieth Century--and the heroic men who fought impossible odds to keep their brothers in arms alive."
Finalists for this year's Colby Award included The Black Joke: The True Story of One British Ship's Battle Against the Slave Trade by A.E. Rooks (Scribner) and Civil Wars and Reconstructions in the Americas: The United States, Mexico, and Argentina, 1860-1880 by Evan C. Rothera (LSU Press).
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The winners of the 2023 Fortnum & Mason Food & Drink Awards have been announced and can be seen here. Book category winners include:
Food Book: Red Sauce Brown Sauce: A British Breakfast Odyssey by Felicity Cloake
Debut Food Book: Breadsong: How Baking Changed Our Lives by Kitty & Al Tait
Cookery Book: West Winds: Recipes, History and Tales from Jamaica by Riaz Philips
Debut Cookery Book: Rambutan: Recipes from Sri Lanka by Cynthia Shanmugalingam
Drink Book: Holy Waters: Searching for the Sacred in a Glass by Tom Morton
Debut Drink Book: Wild Brews by Jaega Wise
Fortnums Special Award: Food for Life: The New Science of Eating Well by Tim Spector
Fortnums Special Award: Cooking: Simply and Well, for One or Many by Jeremy Lee