[laughter] chris thank you for being here. The book is congressman lincoln the making of americas greatest president. What do i mean by greatest president . I mean most significant. At the end of the day, it was Abraham Lincoln to engage the south any civil war in order to preserve the union. It is Abraham Lincoln that result the slavery issue that had vexed the statesman back to the founding. And this story, why congressman lincoln . There are 16,000 books written about Abraham Lincoln. If you go to fords theatre in washington dc, which is the final scene of the extraordinary story, you will see half that number piled to the ceiling. Abouten i say books Abraham Lincoln, i do not mean about mary todd or the civil war , i mean about him. Books about his time in congress, one of three political jobs he ever had. The only other job he had in the federal government, besides president. There have only been three of them written and this is the third. The last one was written before i was bo
This is the meeting for, congressman lincoln the making of americas greatest president. Thank you so much to cspan for hosting authors like me and letting us talk about what we do. And thank you for changing hands. This is the second event we have done here in over a year. Chris having bookstores like this is such a treasure. Nobody can leave until every copy of the book is sold. [laughter] chris thank you for being here. The book is congressman lincoln the making of americas greatest president. What do i mean by greatest president . I mean most significant. At the end of the day, it was Abraham Lincoln to engage the south any civil war in order to preserve the union. It is Abraham Lincoln that result the slavery issue that had vexed the statesman back to the founding. And this story, why congressman lincoln . There are 16,000 books written about Abraham Lincoln. If you go to fords theatre in washington dc, which is the final scene of the extraordinary story, you will see half that num
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This is the second then we have done a nadir. Having local bookstores like this no one is allowed to leave until every copy of the book over then is sold. Thank you for letting me present my book, congressman lincoln the making of americas greatest president. What do i mean by the greatest president . I mean most significant. He made the decision to engage them in a civil war to preserve the union. This story, while there are 16,000 books written about Abraham Lincoln, if you go to fords theatre in washington dc, which is the final scene of the extraordinary story, you will see half that number i to the ceiling. When i see books about him, i do not mean books about mary todd or the civil war general come i mean about lincoln. Yet books about his time in congress, when you talk about books of lincoln in congress, there have only been three that have been written. The last one was written before i was even born. So this is the missing piece of the puzzle in the lincoln story. I think we
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