Good morning. My name is jonathan white, and im the vice chair of thehe Lincoln Forum. Our final speaker this morning isbrian dirk. Ian is a professor of history at Anderson University in indiana. He is the author of numerous books on Abraham Lincoln, imagining america, lincoln in indiana, lincoln the lawyer, and others. His subjects probe some of the most interesting and relevant topics in lincolns life and he has won awards for his work including from the new york civil war roundtable for the best book on Abraham Lincoln published in 2007. He recently had the opportunity to travel to seoul, where he addressed the korean Abraham Lincoln society. I know. Id like to hear more about that. How can i get on that gravy train . Today he will talk to us about his new book the black heavens Abraham Lincoln and death, published earlier this year. A review at civil war monitor states students of the 16th president will want to add this concise, thoughtprovoking, and sensitively written volume t
He recently had the opportunity to travel to seoul where he addressed the korean Abraham Lincoln society. I know id like to hear more about that. How can i get on that gravy train . Today he will talk to us about his new book, the black heavens. Abraham lincoln and death which was published earlier this year by Southern Illinois university press. A review at civil war monitors states, students of the 16th president will want to add this concise thoughtprovoking and sensitively written volume to their bookshelves. Please welcome me in joining please join me in welcoming brian dark. Hello everybody its great to be here. I want to thank you for the invitation. Ive gotten to see some old friends, among many my come pinion in korea, fred. We had fun. Meaning lots of wonderful people. You are heroes, everybody in this room is a hero to a group of students at Anderson University who are going to get tomorrow off because i am here. They love the lincoln form. They are like doctor dirk. How fun
My name is Jonathan White and ill the vice chair of the Lincoln Forum. Our final speaker this morning is brian dirck. Hes a professor of history at Anderson University in indiana. He is the author of numerous books on Abraham Lincoln, imagining america, lincoln in indiana and others. His subjects probe some of the most interesting and relevant topics in lincolns life and he has won awards for his work including the best book on lincoln published in 2007. He had the opportunity to travel to seoul where he addressed the korean Abraham Lincoln society. I know. Id like to hear more about that. How can i get on that gravy train . Today he will talk to us about his new book the black heavens a review at civil war monitor states students of the 16th president will want to add this concise thought provoking and sensitively written volume to their book shelves. Please join me in welcoming brian dirck. [ applause ] well, hello, everybody. Its good to be here. It really is. I wanted to thank you
Pathbreaking for the institution on Alexander Hamilton, American Made modern america. We also want to recognize his receipt of the National Humanities medal to keep of course has written numerous books on revolutionary america including biographies on George Washington, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison. His most recent book which was released just last week is founders son a life of Abraham Lincoln and it is already getting wonderful reviews. As always i would like to ask before invite Richard Brookhiser to the stage you make sure anything that makes noise like a cell phone is off. And now please join me in welcoming Richard Brookhiser to the stage. [applause] thank you for that i am being adjusted. They didnt need this stuff in the 19th century. They also did need to tell people to be quiet because they would be. Its always a pleasure and an honor to be at the historical society. I just want to thank a few people who are in the room. My publicist from basic, kathy nelson, basic bo
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