Carl Guarneri is Professor of History at Saint Mary’s College of California. This interview is based on his new book, Lincoln’s Informer: Charles A. Dana and the Inside Story of the Union War (University Press of Kansas, 2019). JF: Why did you...
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The Author’s Corner with Brian Dirck
Brian Dirck is a Professor of History at Anderson University. This interview is based on his new book, The Black Heavens: Abraham Lincoln and Death (Southern Illinois University Press, 2019). JF: What led you to write The Black Heavens: Abraham Lincoln and...
The Author's Corner with Daniel W. Crofts
Daniel W. Crofts is Professor Emeritus of History at The College of New Jersey. This interview is based on his new book, Lincoln and the Politics of Slavery: The Other Thirteenth Amendment and the Struggle to Save the Union (The...
The Author’s Corner with Martha Hodes
Martha Hodes is Professor of History at New York University. This interview is based on her new book, Mourning Lincoln (Yale University Press, February 2015). JF: What led you to write Mourning Lincoln? MH: I was in New York City on 9/11–it was...
Virtual Office Hours: U.S. History Survey Edition – Episode 28
“Lincoln’s Civil War” [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTGZe8SPUoU]...
Guelzo Talks to Socialists About Lincoln
Check out Tom Mackaman’s interview with Lincoln scholar Allen Guelzo at the World Socialist Website (published by the International Committee of the Fourth International). Here is a taste: TM: What do you make of the criticism of Lincoln the historical...