[laughter] chris thank you for being here. The book is congressman lincoln the making of americas greatest president. What do i mean by greatest president . I mean most significant. At the end of the day, it was Abraham Lincoln to engage the south any civil war in order to preserve the union. It is Abraham Lincoln that result the slavery issue that had vexed the statesman back to the founding. And this story, why congressman lincoln . There are 16,000 books written about Abraham Lincoln. If you go to fords theatre in washington dc, which is the final scene of the extraordinary story, you will see half that number piled to the ceiling. Abouten i say books Abraham Lincoln, i do not mean about mary todd or the civil war , i mean about him. Books about his time in congress, one of three political jobs he ever had. The only other job he had in the federal government, besides president. There have only been three of them written and this is the third. The last one was written before i was bo
School on staten island. Several Football Players have been disciplined but now parents say innocent children are being unfairly targeted. Cbs 2s Hazel Sanchez is here with more on the controversy. Hazel. Reporter at least two students at Susan Wagner High School say they were hazed boo players at summer football camp. Fourteam members are suspended, the entire Football Program suspended indefinitely. But parents of other players say thats not fair. And they are fighting to get their kids back on the field. Were not saying to stop the version not at all. We want the investigation to continue. We are not saying to stop the investigation, not at all. Let the innocent ones back on the field. Reporter she is the mother of a varsity Football Player at Wagner High School on staten island. She says her senior son was at the upstate Training Camp where the alleged hazing took place. If my son had anything to do with it i want to know, im the first to say. Its upsetting. Reporter at least two s
Tonight. We have looking for what is real food. This is the making of americas greatest president , congressman lincoln the making of americas greatest president. Thanks to cspan, for letting us talk about what we do and thank you for changing hands. The second event we have done having local bookstores like this, such a pleasure, i love spending time here, everyone is allowed to leave until every copy of this old. Thank you for being here tonight. So once again the book congressman lincoln the making of americas greatest president , what do i mean by greatest president . I mean most significant. At an end of day Abraham Lincoln made the decision to pursue the south to engage them in a civil war in order to preserve the union, Abraham Lincoln who ultimately resolve the slavery issue that had taken american statesman to the first of the founding. This story, y. Congressman lincoln . There are 16,000 books written about Abraham Lincoln. If you good to fords theater in washington d. C. Wh
This is the second then we have done a nadir. Having local bookstores like this no one is allowed to leave until every copy of the book over then is sold. Thank you for letting me present my book, congressman lincoln the making of americas greatest president. What do i mean by the greatest president . I mean most significant. He made the decision to engage them in a civil war to preserve the union. This story, while there are 16,000 books written about Abraham Lincoln, if you go to fords theatre in washington dc, which is the final scene of the extraordinary story, you will see half that number i to the ceiling. When i see books about him, i do not mean books about mary todd or the civil war general come i mean about lincoln. Yet books about his time in congress, when you talk about books of lincoln in congress, there have only been three that have been written. The last one was written before i was even born. So this is the missing piece of the puzzle in the lincoln story. I think we