good morning. my name is jonathan white, and i m the vice chair of thehe lincoln forum. our final speaker this morning isbrian dirk. ian is a professor of history at anderson university in indiana. he is the author of numerous books on abraham lincoln, imagining america, lincoln in indiana, lincoln the lawyer, and others. his subjects probe some of the most interesting and relevant topics in lincoln s life and he has won awards for his work including from the new york civil war roundtable for the best book on abraham lincoln published in 2007. he recently had the opportunity to travel to seoul, where he addressed the korean abraham lincoln society. i know. i d 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, published earlier this year. a review at civil war monitor states students of the 16th president will want to add this concise, thought-provoking, and sensiti
my name is jonathan white and i ll the vice chair of the lincoln forum. our final speaker this morning is brian dirck. he s a professor of history at anderson university in indiana. he is the author of numerous books on abraham lincoln, imagining america, lincoln in indiana and others. his subjects probe some of the most interesting and relevant topics in lincoln s life and he has won awards for his work including the best book on lincoln published in 2007. he had the opportunity to travel to seoul where he addressed the korean abraham lincoln society. i know. i d 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 a review at civil war monitor states students of the 16th president will want to add this concise thought provoking and sensitively written volume to their book shelves. please join me in welcoming brian dirck. [ applause ] well, hello, everybody. it s good to be here. it really is.
he took over a fractured nation, hison story could only happen in america, he was trying to make us live up to our constitution, freedom for all. in that journey he was not alone. almost from day he was born in 1818, to when he escaped from slavery in 1838, and passed away at age of 78, frederick douglass has been fighting for freedom, liberty and equality for all, they would, merge as two most indispensable men in most important people in american history, i am brian kilmeade, this is the president and freedom fighter. abraham lincoln, frederick douglass, their battle to safe america s soul. to save america s soul. that is balcony where boothe would jump from on to stage out the backdoor, briefry get away. and this is not the story about the assassination of lincoln or heart attack frederick douglass suffered at age of 78, but a story how they lived. to make america s more perfect union, you have to start at their humble beginnings. abraham lincoln everyone here knows
he took over a fractured nation, hison story could only happen in america, he was trying to make us live up to our constitution, freedom for all. in that journey he was not alone. almost from day he was born in 1818, to when he escaped from slavery in 1838, and passed away at age of 78, frederick douglass has been fighting for freedom, liberty and equality for all, they would, merge as two most indispensable men in most important people in american history, i am brian kilmeade, this is the president and freedom fighter. abraham lincoln, frederick douglass, their battle to safe america s soul. to save america s soul. that is balcony where boothe would jump from on to stage out the backdoor, briefry get away. and this is not the story about the assassination of lincoln or heart attack frederick douglass suffered at age of 78, but a story how they lived. to make america s more perfect union, you have to start at their humble beginnings. abraham lincoln everyone here knows
welcome to the december meeting of the lincoln group of the district of columbia. group was formed in ,he 1930 s to honor the memory legacy, principles of abraham lincoln, and for over 80 years, we have 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. briefly.troduce them all three of them. and then have an opportunity to say a few more words about each as they begin their talks. is a biography of lincoln, subtitled the man who saved america. and it is for the general reader. show,thor, david, will has some astonishing illustrations. the second book, by