the zealot and the emancipator john brown abraham lincoln and the struggle for american freedom anyone who s observed the controversies this past year over lincoln statues? that celebrate his role as an emancipator or seen the new and current tv series the good lord bird. which dramatizes john brown as a zealous of freedom fighter knows that this is a piece of history. that could not be more current and relevant. and professor brands has responded as they always does with a book of great insight and high drama work of deep research sound analysis and good old-fashioned narrative drama and momentum and few people do it better. so now to use a quote from publishers weekly, let me bring on the insightful and entertaining jack blanton chairman in the in history at the university of texas at austin hw bryant so bill over to you. thank you harold for that very kind introduction and thank you to the lincoln forum for the opportunity to address you and i m especially drawn to the for
Hes received numerous prestigious awards incluing the lincoln including the lincoln prize, the Abraham Lincoln Institute Book prize, and he authors regularly a number of articles that are published in leading newspapers; usa today, the wall street journal, washington post. And hes featured regularly on television and radio programs such as nprs weekend edition. He is the [inaudible] professor of civil war era at Gettysburg College where he serves as director of the civil war era studies program. However, he is on sabbatical from Gettysburg College this year, and he serves as the William Garwood visiting professor in the James Madison program of american ideals and institutions at Princeton University. You can learn more about allens work either by visiting his web site, allenguelzo. Com, but perhaps most importantly allen is a regular speaker at the union league of philadelphia and for the Abraham Lincoln foundation. He is also a member of the union league of philadelphia. So, please,
Introduce our speaker for this evening. Professor allen guelzo. Professor guelzo is a teacher, hes a professor, and he is one of the leading historians in a variety of disciplines, early american history, religion, and cultural history. But he is, perhaps, best known as one of the most prolific and important historians of the american civil war. And, of course, Abraham Lincoln. Hes received numerous prestigious awards including the lincoln prize, the Abraham Lincoln Institute Book prize, and he authors regularly a number of articles that are published in leading newspapers, usa today, the wall street journal, Washington Post and hes featured regularly on television and radio programs such as nprs weekend edition. He is the henry luse professor of civil war era at Gettysburg College where he serves as director of the civil war era studies program. However, he is on sabbatical from gettyburgs college this year and serves as the william g garwood visiting professor in the James Madison pr
Variety of Early American History religion and culture. But he is perhaps best known as one of the most prolific and important historians of the American Civil War and of course Abraham Lincoln. He has received numerous prestigious awards including the lincoln pride, the Abraham Lincoln Institute Book prize and the authors regularly a number of articles that are published in leading newspapers, usa today, the wall street journal, the Washington Post and hes featured regularly on television and radio programs such as nprs weekend edition. He is the henry luke professor of civil war era at Gettysburg College where he serves as director of the Civil War Era Studies Program however he is on sabbatical from Gettysburg College this year and he serves as William Garwood visiting professor in the James Madison program of american ideals and institutions at Princeton University. You can learn more about his work either by visiting his web site allen guelzo. Com but perhaps most importantly alle
You may have noticed the protesters outside, the group complained that he publishes his direct is too quickly, we can keep up with them. He started with charles dickens, he wrote a hypnotic book about dickens and mesmerism. [laughter] thank you. You will wake up eventually when fred comes out. He wrote a biography of thomas carlyle. That was a finalist in the National Book critics circle. Mark twain, John Quincy Adams, abraham lincoln, and this great book he will be talking about theght, lincoln and abolitionists. Historians want to tell you about what happened in the world and why it is important. This is from the carlisle biography one of the most famous librarians in history , he used to go there a lot. He did not do well. The library and a librarian where generating small antagonisms toward each other. This culminated in the public criticism during parliamentary hearings. That is when libraries were really important. On the future of the museum in of9, he was one more example the a