Comparison of Abraham Lincoln and jefferson davis. The two wartime president s. He also wrote lincoln the lawyer, which probably everyone in this room has read. He wrote lincoln and the constitution, and lincoln and white america. He will be talking about his new this book coming out in lincoln in indiana. February,he will talk about lincolns indiana years. Thats where he spent from seven to 21, his formative years. He is going to tell us how important it was to his life. Please welcome dr. Brian dirck. [applause] prof. Dirck is my powerpoint oh. It is on. It is good to go. In my powerpoint. Let me try that nothing is happening. While he is working on that, thank you for inviting me back. I was sitting at dinner this evening. This is actually my third visit to the lincoln group. I have very fond memories of you guys. I dont know if any of you were here the first time i was here way back, i want to say in the year 2000. I was a freshly minted professor at my university with my first boo