Washington foundation he now inks as an interpreter military programs at the Colonial Williamsburg foundation. Welcoming ryanin quint. [applause] thank you. How is everyone doing . Everyone happy to be here . Not a great answer if you said five minutes into the program. I was excited when the program of announced and the idea the theme, forgotten battles of the civil war. Question became what to do next, and at the time that i worked at the fredericksburg military park, the thing about frederick spur, there were massive battles. Huge. I like to study the smaller engagements. The problem with that, the smaller they are, the harder they are to study. So, dranesville. I was hoping to create a book out of it. To talkpecially excited about it tonight. Has anyone heard of dranesville before . Whoo ok. does anyone know where it is . Less hands, but still a good number. It helps if you turn it on. It is 20 miles west of washington, d. C. The battle the encasement we will be talking about happe
Tim smith talks about the subject of his book, farms at gettysburg. He talks about how families were affected by the battle. This talk is hosted by the gettysburg heritage center. Onto our program. Many of you are probably familiar with tim smith because he has been in gettysburg for a number of years. He is a native to baltimore maryland, a battlefield guide here at the Military Park, and they historian at the adams county Historical Society. Coauthor ofhor or numerous articles and dozens of books on local history and the civil war. He has lectured at civil war roundtables and seminars and has appeared on television documentaries, including the popular battle walk series. Ouras an integral part of storyline here. Give a warm welcome to tim smith. [applause] you have my book. [laughter] thank you. Today i am going to talk a little about some of the farms around gettysburg. Years ago i did a book called farms of gettysburg. I have always been interested in people who lived here at the t
Met. Even though he has been doing the legwork crisscrossing the country and digging into these ,rchives and nooks and niches he still loves to share these findings before he publishes them. He is not worried about being scooped. The grand combination of the work was of course his mammoth twovolume biography, Abraham Lincoln, a life. What the professor affectionately refers to as the Green Monster received the lincoln private in 2010. Along the way he has published at least a dozen books and earned many awards, including illinois highest honor, the order of lincoln. After teaching at Connecticut College for over 30 years and working on his biography, he joined the History Department at the university of illinois springfield am aware he has served as the chancellor, distinguished chair in lincoln studies since 2009. Please join me in welcoming the godfather of lincoln research, here to speak about the betweeneld dispatch lincolns election and inauguration, my good friend, michael burlin
Thats my way of saying good afternoon. Im lucas morel, professor of politics at washington and lee university. Dont worry, i teach some lincoln along with washington and lee. I first met Michael Burlingame about 20 years ago in the holy land, springfield, illinois. What struck me then has remained true through all these years, and that is michael is the most generous scholar i have ever met. Even though hes been doing the legwork, crisscrossing this country and digging into all these archives and nooks and niches, he still loves to share these findings before he publishes them. Hes not worried about being scooped. The grand culmination of this work, of course, was his monumental and mammoth twovolume biography, Abraham Lincoln a life. What professor burlingame affectionately refers to as the Green Monster received the lincoln prize in 2010. Along the way, he has published at least a dozen books at last count and earned many awards, including illinoiss highest honor, the order of lincol
Senior political analyst at cnn. And he has their reality check segment. Hes previously editor in chief and managing director of. The famous the daily beast is the author of a number of books . Whip nuts how the lunatic fringe is hijacking america. Independent nation how the vital center is changing american politics washingtons farewell Founding Fathers warning to future generations his latest book is this one here lincoln and the fight for peace. Produced by simon and schuster is 354 pages . And illustrated and is 30. We are having john on the actual day of release and here is one of our bookplaced that he has signed for us. Hopefully the next time hell be in our studio live and well have the books signed directly, but thats going to have to for another time. But you can get the book now if this is being broadcast on cspan youll be able to still get a book plate signed in our in his books. So, please feel free to ask for them and come to the republican bookshop. John why this book no