even though he has been doing the legwork crisscrossing the country and digging into archives and nooks, he still share the findings before publishing them. he is not worried about being scooped. the grand culmination of the work was his two-volume biography, abraham lincoln: a life. what he affectionately refers to as the green monster received a lincoln prize in 2010. he has published at least a dozen books at last count and earned many awards, including illinois s highest honor, the order of lincoln. after teaching at connecticut college for 30 years and working on his biography, he joined the history department at the university of illinois of illinois, springfield where he served as the chancellor, distinguished chair in lincoln study since 2000 nine. join me in welcoming the godfather of lincoln research to speak about the springfield dispatches between lincoln s election and his inauguration, my good friend, professor michael burlingame. [applause] for that kind you
met. even though he has been doing the legwork crisscrossing the country and digging into these ,rchives and nooks and niches he still loves to share these findings before he publishes them. he is not worried about being scooped. the grand combination of the work was of course his mammoth two-volume biography, abraham lincoln, a life. what the professor affectionately refers to as the green monster received the lincoln private in 2010. along the way he has published at least a dozen books and earned many awards, including illinois highest honor, the order of lincoln. after teaching at connecticut college for over 30 years and working on his biography, he joined the history department at the university of illinois springfield am aware he has served as the chancellor, distinguished chair in lincoln studies since 2009. please join me in welcoming the godfather of lincoln research, here to speak about the betweeneld dispatch lincoln s election and inauguration, my good friend,
that s my way of saying good afternoon. i m lucas morel, professor of politics at washington and lee university. don t worry, i teach some lincoln along with washington and lee. i first met michael burlingame about 20 years ago in the holy land, springfield, illinois. what struck me then has remained true through all these years, and that is michael is the most generous scholar i have ever met. even though he s been doing the legwork, crisscrossing this country and digging into all these archives and nooks and niches, he still loves to share these findings before he publishes them. he s not worried about being scooped. the grand culmination of this work, of course, was his monumental and mammoth two-volume biography, abraham lincoln: a life. what professor burlingame affectionately refers to as the green monster received the lincoln prize in 2010. along the way, he has published at least a dozen books at last count and earned many awards, including illinois s highest honor,
michael is the most generous scholar i have ever met. even though he has been doing the legwork crisscrossing the country and digging into archives and nooks, he still share the findings before publishing them. he is not worried about being scooped. the grand culmination of the work was his two-volume biography, abraham lincoln: a life. what he affectionately refers to as the green monster received a lincoln prize in 2010. he has published at least a dozen books at last count and earned many awards, including illinois s highest honor, the order of lincoln. after teaching at connecticut college for 30 years and working on his biography, he joined the history department at the university of illinois of illinois, springfield where he served as the chancellor, distinguished chair in lincoln study since 2000 nine. join me in welcoming the godfather of lincoln research to speak about the springfield dispatches between lincoln s election and his inauguration, my good friend, profe
country and digging into archives and nooks, he still share the findings before publishing them. he is not worried about being scooped. the grand culmination of the work was his two-volume biography, abraham lincoln: a life. what he affectionately refers to as the green monster received a lincoln prize in 2010. he has published at least a dozen books at last count and earned many awards, including illinois s highest honor, the order of lincoln. after teaching at connecticut college for 30 years and working on his biography, he joined the history department at the university of illinois of illinois, springfield where he served as the chancellor, distinguished chair in lincoln study since 2000 nine. join me in welcoming the godfather of lincoln research to speak about the springfield dispatches between lincoln s election and his inauguration, my good friend, professor michael burlingame. [applause] for that kind you introduction, lucas. lucas is not only a distinguished profe