Williams, the chairman, and carol hauser, the vicechairman, who have both devoted themselves for decades to writing and education on abraham lincoln. I am particularly pleased to be here on the 21st lincoln forum. As frank noted, this year i published the first of a multivolume political biography of lincoln entitled the selfmade man. It describes a poor, stunted and oppressed boy who hammers together, on his own, the elements of the man who will be lincoln. The second volume, to be published next year, entitled wrestling with his angel places with his angel, places lincoln entering the political wilderness after leaving the congress and emerging as the man who was lincoln. I am speaking here tonight about this crucible, the period in which lincoln committed himself to putting slavery on the course of ultimate extinction as he declared in his cooper union address. And as he grappled to create the means to his ends. Lincoln had always been, as he put it, naturally antislavery. He was on
We are rejoining the symposium on Abraham Lincolns life at the ford theater. This is live coverage on cspan3 American History tv. The incoming president of the Abraham Lincoln institute, associate officer john white, whose opinion carries a lot more written an mine has review of steves book for the journal of American History. Let me quote from johns review. Gathering to save the nation will stand for years as the book on lincolns relationship for union governors. It is essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand how the north mobilized to win the civil war. It is my pleasure to present professor stephen engle. [applause] thank you, bob. What a wonderful introduction and thank you for that preview of a review that i can hope to receive in a few months. I want to thank everyone here just anmade my stay absolute delight. It is my first time on the stage. If i appear a little nervous, i really am. This is a real stage. [laughter] and it is not just any stage. I want to thank the
Of a review that i can hope to receive in a few months. I want to thank everyone here just anmade my stay absolute delight. It is my first time on the stage. If i appear a little nervous, i really am. This is a real stage. [laughter] and it is not just any stage. I want to thank the staff and michelle and the board for inviting me. Absolutely delighted to be here. I can take a probably the least lincoln scholar here given the illustrious crew you have assembled and the people who are part of your institute. I am not halfs, of professor harriss age, but im certainly envious of his productivity. I confess, too, that bob was going to bring out the book to hold up, but he confessed he would drop it which is a testament to the fact that i come from the Michael Burlingame school of writing history. A shout out to michael who i have read for many years and many of the scholars here today i have read all of your works and just a great fan and are their works. A tremendous pleasure to be here.
Of a review that i can hope to receive in a few months. I want to thank everyone here just anmade my stay absolute delight. It is my first time on the stage. If i appear a little nervous, i really am. This is a real stage. [laughter] and it is not just any stage. I want to thank the staff and michelle and the board for inviting me. Absolutely delighted to be here. I can take a probably the least lincoln scholar here given the illustrious crew you have assembled and the people who are part of your institute. I am not halfs, of professor harriss age, but im certainly envious of his productivity. I confess, too, that bob was going to bring out the book to hold up, but he confessed he would drop it which is a testament to the fact that i come from the Michael Burlingame school of writing history. A shout out to michael who i have read for many years and many of the scholars here today i have read all of your works and just a great fan and are their works. A tremendous pleasure to be here.
Were a typical marriage with ups and downs like everybody else. Difficulties, lincoln still supported and loved her. Please join me in thanking our panelists for a great symposium. [applause] [indiscernible] michael in which boots seems to his exact most of his life between artistic sensitivity and delusional self inflation. It gives us both the daily texture of booths life, and the arching currents of his time not only a story about the assassin, but also about the culture from which his infamy sprang. Inre were several reviews that vein. My favorite goes like this, as clear,tossed book makes booth was a celebrity in his own right. And the profilethe drama of the deed. These other reviews, compelling portraits, go to confirm what the insightful blurb on the books dusted jacket stated. Mainly, based on meticulous and exhaustive research, written in vivid prose, spiced with wry book is ary alfords Tour De Force by a masterful historian. It exceeds the High Expectations by civil war buff