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hour. good evening. my name is bill kauffman and i m here to welcome you to the booktalk series. i also want to thank the federal society for cosponsoring tonight s talk. tonight s program features logan beirne, the author of a new book on america s first chief executive entitled blood of tyrants: george washington and forging of the presidency. this is very much a young law school book. it began as a paper while logan was a law student. the paper was written under the supervision of william eskridge. after graduation in 2008, working two years in a law firm, logan returned to yale law school in 2010 and began turning the paper into the book we feature tonight. appropriately we have william eskridge with us to comment on the boat. he s the author and the articles cover a wide range of topics. several of his books have been featured in previous booktalk series sponsored by her library. according to a recen
you that is later in the month. this is the reading for congressman lincoln the making of america s greatest president. thanks so much to c-span for hosting authors like me and let us talk about what we do, and thank you for changing hands. this is the second event we have done here. having local book stores like this is a treasure. i love spending time here, and no one is allowed to leave until every copy of the book over there is sold. so thank you for being here tonight. the book, congressman lincoln: the making of america s greatest president. was abraham lincoln who mace the decision to engage the south in a civil war in order to serve the union. abraham lincoln resolves the slavery issue. and this story, why congressman lincoln? there are 16,000 books written about abraham lincoln. so if you go to ford theater in washington, dc, which is the final scene of this extraordinary story, you will see half that number piled high to the ceiling. and when i say becomes boot l