Margaret McWilliams Award
2008 Winners

The following are the 2008 winners for Margaret McWilliams Awards, presented at a ceremony at Dalnavert Visitors Centre on Sunday, 19 April 2009.

The Manitoba Historical Society congratulates the authors and publishers of these fine books, and also those of other books under consideration. There was an outstanding collection of books on this year’s short lists.

Categories:
Scholarly History | Local History | Popular History

Scholarly History	The Importance of Being Monogamous: Marriage and Nation Building in Western Canada in 1915 by Sarah Carter University of Alberta Press More information on this book here. Lord Selkirk: A Life by J. M. Bumsted University of Manitoba Press More information on this book here.
Local History	Pauline Boutal: Destin d’artiste, 1894-1992 by Louise Duguay Les Éditions de Blé More information on this book here. Laurent Desjardins: Un sportif en politique by Bernard Bocquel Les Éditions du Blé More information on this book here.
Popular History	A Son of the Fur Trade: The Memoirs of Johnny Grant by John Francis Grant, edited by Gerhard J. Ens University of Alberta Press More information on this book here.

The Manitoba Historical Society gratefully acknowledges the sponsorship of its
Margaret McWilliams Awards by Friesens Corporation of Altona, Manitoba.

Posted: 19 April 2009

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