victoria johnson american eden. and the medicine in the garden of garden of the early republic. ferris and marsh. heartland. a memoir of working hard and being broke in the richest country in the earth. the life of the land lost. adam winkler we the corporation. ww norton and company. and the winner of the national book award for nonfiction is jeffrey c stewart. [applause]. [music] [applause]. twomac i want to say is unbelievable to me. i'm so humble. that the scholars in the readers chose this book and that the national book foundation exists. as such and the times we live in in which many people just don't read. first of all, i have to say to him or paris brown my literary agent. i cannot get a contract for the book on my own. not just your ideas. and convince the press. the oxford university press. it's also about oxford. finally was able to secure that. at the certain point. i'd gotten that done. i'd heard from susan ferber the best editor that anybody could have. and she said you know, jeffrey, at that time i have half the book done. when i can to publish two books. but we