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tv is on twitter. follow us to get twitter news, scheduling of these, author information and to talk directly with authors during a live program. twitter.com/booktv. next on booktv from our recent coverage of the chicago tribune printer s row bit fast kevin schultz they gay of the relationship between william f. buckley jr. and norman mailer. welcome to the 31st annual joy doggo tribune printers are a bit fast. mining is tom paschalis and i will like to thank our sponsors and all of you for coming. today s program is being broadcast live on c-span2 s booktv. we will leave time at the end for audience questions and you can come to the microphone to the side of the stage so the audience can hear the question. you can keep the spirit of lit fest going around with a subscription to the printers row journal the tribune premium book section fiction series and membership program. please download the book apps for more info on lit fest and access to the digital book store. we ....
he earned his hd at johns hopkins. his phd at johns hopkins. he is known for his 2008 efforts tried by war, abraham lincoln as commander-in-chief. his most recent book which we have in the back is the war that forged a nation. why the civil war still matters. today, we will be focusing on the battle cry of freedom. it was published in 1988. 900 pages long, 1500 footnotes but that did not scare away popular audiences. it sold more than 600,000 copies . a thousand? james: about. peter: you must have a ton of twitter followers. peter: battle cry of freedom was also in the new york times bestseller list for 16 weeks and hardback and 12 weeks and paper. i believe that outcry freedom stands as ecb will best volume on the civil war. before we delve into the book, i thought that this would be an opportunity for us to address your most recent book. the war that forced a nation, why the war still matters. and because of the tragedy that occurred in charleston, i thought it wo ....
worked in the white house in his early 20 s. he seemed destined for great things and then came back to kentucky and was indicted for stuffing the ballot box. he went to prison. the incredible promise flamed out. we also visit ashland. senator and secretary of state henry clay. the mansion at ackland is a unique story. it fell into disrepair and had to be torn down. he rebuilt on the original foundation. what we have is what is essentially a five-part federal style home with architectural elements that are italian and an added layer of aesthetic details added by henry clay s granddaughter and great-granddaughter. see all of our programs from lexington throughout the day. historian james mcpherson s pulitzer prize-winning book was published in 1988. the 900-page hardback was on the new york times bestseller list for 16 weeks. coming up next on american history tv, james mcpherson in conversation with gettysburg college civil war institute director peter carmichael ....
welcome to the 31st annual chicago lit road book fest. my name is tom and before we get started i would like to thank our sponsors and thank all of you for coming. today s program is being broadcast live on c-span2 spoke tv. we will leave sometime at the end for audience questions and you can just come on up to the microphone up to the side of the stage so the home viewing audience can hear the question. you can keep the spirit of lit fest going year round with a subscription to the printers row journal. that s the tribune s premium book section fiction series and membership program. also please download the trip took ask for more info on that fast. we encourage everyone to post messages and photos to facebook, instagram and twitter using the hashtag pr al f15. before we begin we ask that you turn off your cell phone ringers and any flashes on your cameras. with that please welcome our interviewer from today s program jane daly. [applause] hi. thank you. i m jane dal ....
did his gradual work at the university of pennsylvania where he focused on the history of religion. he holds a master of divinity. his roster of publications is so long that i am not going to try readthe salt to you all of it to you. you can get a full accounting on biography and his his doings. to mention five books that i think are especially pertinent to what we will be doing this afternoon. the first is called abraham lincoln, redeemer president. it was published in 1998. it is the first of his lincoln books. the emancipation proclamation the end of slavery and america published by simon and schuster. that brought him his second lincoln prize. lincoln and douglas the debate that defined america. for some reason that did not win the lincoln prize. a new history of the civil war and reconstruction came out in 2012. mentionh title i will is called gettysburg, the last which brought a third lincoln prize to alan. the only person who has won three. he is currently work ....