[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
This is the meeting for, congressman lincoln the making of americas greatest president. Thank you so much to cspan for hosting authors like me and letting us talk about what we do. And thank you for changing hands. This is the second event we have done here in over a year. Chris having bookstores like this is such a treasure. Nobody can leave until every copy of the book is sold. [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 num
Men beaten and captured at normandy. History bookshelf features Popular American history authors and errors every weekend at this time. Author Amy Greenberg talks about how Public Opinion changed during the mixes best mexicanamerican war and the Antiwar Movement. She also discusses one of the war is largely forgotten and the historical significance. Abraham lincoln president ial library hosted the event in 2012. Amy greenberg i want to thank everybody who has been so nice to me at the Abraham Lincoln museum. I saw the exhibit which is a fantastic show. The relationship between warez and lincoln is so encouraging. What i want to talk to you about is my most recent book a wicked war. The title is taken from grant. He looks back on his career but one thing that grant spent time thinking and talking about late in his life was his role in the usmexico rolwar of 1846. He says at the time do not think there was a more wicked war. I had not been a moral courage to resign. Grant was a young lie
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