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
He is the author of numerous books on Abraham Lincoln including lincoln and davis, imagining america, lincoln the lawyer, lincoln and the constitution, lincoln and america and lincoln. He probes some of the most interesting topics of lincoln including winning awards from the baroness award group in 2007. He recently had the opportunity to travel to seoul where he addressed the korean Abraham Lincoln society. [ laughter ] i know i would like to hear more about that. How can i get on that gravy train . Today, he is going to talk to us about the new book the black heavens, Abraham Lincoln and death published earlier this year by Southern Illinois press. A review at silver monitor states that students of the 17th century will want to add this concise written volume to their bookshelves. Please welcome me in joining brian dirck. It is good to be here. It really is. I wanted to thank you for the invitation. I have gotten to see some old friends among many of my south korean friend, fred. And
The streets in at least 25 cities. Out west, Police Declared the demonstration a riot. Protesters smashed business windows and car windshields. This man sitting in his car says he felt under attack. They were walking by, beating on my window, spitting on us. One of them slashed our tires. Reporter some spraypainting dumptrump. Others chanting with the we reject the president elect. They are vandalizi because your candidate didnt win. That is stupid. Reporter overnight, donald trump tweeting just had a very open and president ial election. And now protesting. Very unfair. On facebook, groups continue but its promoting a peaceful rally. Showing citizens care for one another. Kimberly bookman, 7 news. Sarah today trumps Transition Team hard at work. They are figuring out who might fill some positions in the new administration. Some picks are stirring up controversy. Donald Trumps White House quickly taking shape. His Transition Team working fast fast to figure out who goes where. Multiple
Community policing, the importance of broken windows and that it was being attacked and being attacked successfully, unfortunately. And so the idea that he was about to leave this life, his lifes work was being torn apart and he the good fortune in that last year to meet rafael. And id like to think that a lot of the influence in this magnificent book was through that exposure to. George georges last work for the Manhattan Institute was a 3000 word effort that by rafael defending Community Policing and the Community Policing. It effectively was what could make safe. So from that exposure to rafael developed a friendship it the admiration of a mentorship not only of me of him but him of me because hes an extraordinary young man with an extraordinary research and most importantly the ability to take what he has learned, what he is analyzed it presented in a use friendly fashion. So many academics, so many writers, so many researchers as they effectively write for themselves and other res
Thanks so much for joining us today. This afternoon session is entitled sarah kinzinger. They knew how a culture of conspiracy keeps america with Rick Perlstein. Sarahs book will available for sale and signing at the book sale and signing tonight on your map is labeled in and nancy, nancy sarah. The New York Times best selling author of hiding in plain sight and the view from flyover country and cohost of the acclaimed pod. Gaslit nation with andrea chalupa. She lives in saint louis. Moderator Rick Perlstein a best selling, award winning, historic alien of american politics whose journalism has appeared in. Publications including the New York Times, the new republic and the nation and is the board president of in these times magazine and in chicago. As the session is being recorded by cspan, we ask that during the q a session that you will please use the standing microphone, or there may be a volunteer with the mic. If you could please use one of the mics to ask your question. Followin