memories, the legacy, the principles of abraham lincoln for over 80 years we ve had programs like this with outside speakers and our own members. and today, we are very pleased to have three of the members of the lincoln group of d.c. who have authored books related to the life and times of abraham lincoln. each of our speakers will talk for about 15 minutes, and then the three will gather here and have an opportunity to take your questions. so keep your questions that you have in mind for the first and second speaker, or after the third speaker. i will introduce them briefly. all three of them. and then have an opportunity to say a few more words about each as they begin their talks. the first book is a biography of lincoln, subtitled the man who saved america. and it is for the general reader. as the author, david kent, will show, has some astonishing illustrations. the second book, by elizabeth smith brownstein, an experienced washington journalists, talks about what is
questions. so keep your questions that you have in mind for the first and second speaker, or after the third speaker. i will introduce them briefly. all three of them. and then have an opportunity to say a few more words about each as they begin their talks. the first book is a biography of lincoln, subtitled the man who saved america. say a few more words about each and it is for the general reader. the author, david, will show, has some astonishing illustrations. the second book, by elizabeth smith brownstein, an experienced washington journalist, talks about what is today called president lincoln s cottage. it was the other white house for lincoln and mary lincoln during three of the summers that they were occupying the white house the rest of the year. a third is carl adams, who has just moved to the washington, d.c. area from illinois, where he did landmark research on the case of a young slave named nance or nancy, who was freed as the result of a lawsuit filed by abr
don doyle recounts the global reaction to the american civil war up next. he reports the war was viewed as a test of the democratic model by many monarch kentucky who were hoping her to dissolution of the union. tonight we re delighted to oath don doyle and sidney blumenthal to discuss international relations and dr. doyle s latest back, the cause of our nations an international history of the american civil war. don doyle is approve of history at the university of south carolina and director of arena the association for research on ethnicity and nationallallism in the americas. before coming to south carolina he taught at vanderbilt university and the universe of michigan deash debris. he teaches a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses in u.s. hoyt, including the intro tuckty survey course, and southern history, and nationalism and comparative perspective. fluent in four languages which someoff cow can test in the a doyle has been a visiting professor at the univ
comparison of abraham lincoln and jefferson davis. the two wartime presidents. 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 lincoln s indiana years. that s 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 don t 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 unive
brookhiser. he was the historical consultant to the huge hamilton exhibition at the new york historical society. that was 12 years ago now, but it was transformative both in hamilton historiography and in the future of the new york historical society. in addition to curating that show, he wrote a 1999 book , still consulted, alexander hamilton american, as well as books my favorite title what would the founders do? are questions, their answers. our questions, their answers. he is had the dream job that everyone would like, you have one job for a long time as young as he is. he is had it for more than 4 decades. in the same place, he is no senior editor at the national review, for whom he began writing nearly a century ago, half a century ago. pretty extraordinary. he is a winner of the national humanities medal. i have the honor of being honored at the same ceremony with rick eight years ago. it is a pleasure to welcome him for a reunion. that was lincoln forum time in