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
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
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
Populations, his new York Research included Major Projects on the saratoga battlefield and in the lake george region and in the mohawk valley. Snow moved to Pennsylvania State university in 1995, where he served as head of the department of anthropology for the next 10 years. In 2005, he was a fellow at Dumbarton Oaks in washington, d. C. , the four returning to penn state as professor of anthropology. He served as president of the society for american archaeology from 2007 to 2009. He has also been closely involved with the development of digital antiquities, a Cyber Infrastructure program for the archiving of archaeological data , initiated with funding from Andrew Andrew the Andrew Mellon foundation. He lives in pennsylvania with his wife of 52 years. Dr. s note is a company dr. Snow is accompanied hereby with by theirter, here daughter, who you may recognize. We welcome dr. Dean snow. [applause] dr. Snow thank you very much. Im delighted to be here tonight. I hope that i can get th