It is a pleasure to welcome on our panel from my left to right the politicalf life of Abraham Lincoln volume one, a selfmade man, sidney blumenthal. And richard burr kaiser, the author of founder son a life of Abraham Lincoln. Author, not the only of the recently published american ulysses, a life of ulysses s grant, but a biographer of Abraham Lincoln, an author of a lincoln and expert of lincolns writings, harold wright. Welcome to you all. [applause] youur goal is to hear from and to see if we can evoke differences of opinion. The evil certainly welcome audience the well certainly we will certainly welcome audience for dissipation. I will give you a single to line up and engage with us. The first person i want to talk to in relation to lincolns inspiration are the three sets of parents. The three sets of parents in his life. You have all written about them. By the three amine the woman he referred to as his angel mother, nancy lincoln. The woman regarded him as his son, his stepmoth
Leadership, ideas but principally people who inspired and motivated him. Its a pleasure to welcome as our panel from my left to right, the author of the political life of Abraham Lincoln, volume i, a selfmade man, sidney blumenthal. And Richard Brook hihiser, and finally, the author not only of the recently published american ulysses, the life of ulysses s. Grant but the author of a. Lincoln and an expert in lincolns writings, ronald a. White. Welcome to you all. So our goal today is to hear from you and see if we can evoke some differences of opinion. We will certainly welcome audience participation and questions from our usual microphone. In fact, i will give you a signal in about 20 minutes or so to encourage you to line up and engage with us. The first person i want to talk to in relation to lincolns inspiration are the three sets of parents, really, not one person but three, the three sets of parents in his life. You have all written about them. By the three, i mean the woman he r
The life of Abraham Lincoln. And finally, the author not only of the recently published american ulysses the life of ulysses s grant, and the author of a. Lincoln, ronald white. Welcome to you all. [applause] our goal today is to hear from you and see if we can evoke differences of opinion. We will certainly welcome audience participation and questions from our usual microphone. I will give you a signal in about 20 minutes or so to encourage you to line up and engage with us. The first person i want to talk to in relation to lincolns inspiration are the three sets of parents. Not one person, but three. The three sets of parents in his life. You have all written about them. By the three, the woman who he referred to has his angel mother, nancy lincoln. His stepmother, Sarah Bush Johnston lincoln. And his father, his relationship with him remains something of a mystery or a controversy even today. Of the three who was influential and who was a negative influence . Why dont we start with