As many of you know, david boaz, ive been here a long time. I want to remind you that well be taking question both from people here in the audience and from people watching online. And the online audience may the conversation and submit questions directly on the event page or on facebook or youtube web or on twitter using hashtag tag keto events and hopefully all of those questions will come directly to me on this ipad. And if you are asking question in here, please speak directly and clearly into the microphone so everybody can hear you here and online. A lot of my colleagues these days prefer to events in interview but im Old Fashioned and i think when an author has spent years becoming the worlds leading expert on a topic id rather give him a few minutes to tell us what he thinks is important about what hes discovered. So thats what going to do before we take questions and we two outstanding scholars to hear from. It would be presumptive of me to say much about a hike in the presenc
Thank you for all of the questions, thank you so much to all of you for being here. [applause] and now more from the printers row lit fest in chicago. Thanks so much for joining us today. This session is entitled Neil Steinberg, every goddamn day t highly selective, definitely opinionated, and alternatingly humorous and heartbreaking Historical Tour of chicago. In conversation with sherman thomas. oh, yeah, lets give it up. [applause] neils book will be available for sale and sunk at the book sales and signing tent on your map is marked n. N. , nancy nancy, or neil neil. Neil steinberg is a daily news columnist for the chicago suntimes where he iss bent on staff since 1987. His books include out of the wreck i rise, and you were never in chicago. Both p published by the universy of Chicago Press. Our moderate today, thomas, is a fascinating blend of modern historian, cultural worker and public employee. A lifelong resident of chicagos south side, he attended calamine high butut graduat
Five years ago, the Lincoln Forum established an annual book prize recently named in honor of our distinguished chairman with cash award of 1,000 to honor outstanding scholarship on the life and career of our nations 16th president. Published the year preceding the of this award. Previous winners of the book prize include sidney blumenthal, james oakes, ted widmer and. Roger lowenstein. On behalf of my colleagues on the book prize jury, michele crowe, kristen mcwherter and daniel weinberg, it my honor and pleasure to announce the 2023 howard holter or lincoln book prize winner edward acorn for his the lincoln miracle inside the Republican Convention, the changed history. Not yet. Acorn presents a brilliantly written, riveting account of the 1860 Republican Convention that was held in chicago during summer of that year. He recounts in comprehensive how Abraham Lincoln the darkest, dark, stunned the political pundits of the time by defeating William Seward of new york. Considered by most
Spend a month and in some cases years nosing around and reporting back. Amid all their joys into bachers. [laughter] they seem to have led rather fascinating lives think of assuring those lives with us in such remarkable and exquisite detail. Thank you for all the questions and thank you so much to all of you for being here. [applause] an out more from the printers wrote lit fest in chicago. Thanks so much for joining us today. This session is entitled Neil Steinberghl every day a highly selective definitely opinionated and alternating ugly humorous and heartbreaking Historical Tour of chicago in conversation with sherman. Oh yes lets give it up. [applause] neils book will be available for sale and assigning at the book sales and signing tents. On your map is mark and in nancy nancy or neil neil. Neil steinberg is a news columnist for the chicago suntimes he has been on staff since 1987 books include out of the wreck i rise you are never in chicago. Both published by the university of
Outstanding scholarship on the life and career of our nations 16th president. Published the year preceding the of this award. Previous winners of the book prize include sidney blumenthal, james oakes, ted widmer and. Roger lowenstein. On behalf of my colleagues on the book prize jury, michele crowe, kristen mcwherter and daniel weinberg, it my honor and pleasure to announce the 2023 howard holter or lincoln book prize winner edward acorn for his the lincoln miracle inside the Republican Convention, the changed history. Not yet. Acorn presents a brilliantly written, riveting account of the 1860 Republican Convention that was held in chicago during summer of that year. He recounts in comprehensive how Abraham Lincoln the darkest, dark, stunned the political pundits of the time by defeating William Seward of new york. Considered by most observers as overwhelming favorite for the republican nomination for president. Acorns page. Turner. I must admit, i could not put this book down even i k