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Gary Ecelbarger talked about his book, The Great Comeback: How Abraham Lincoln Beat the Odds to win the 1860 Republican Nomination. He explained how Lincoln bounced back from his 1858 Senate…

William Hogeland recalls the nine weeks leading up to the American Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. He focuses on the debate between the “reconciliationists” led by Pennsylvanian…

Edwin Bearss, noted battlefield tour leader and former chief historian of the National Park Service, talked about his book, Receding Tide: Vicksburg and Gettysburg, the Campaigns that Change…

Anya Jabour talked about her book Topsy-Turvy: How the Civil War Turned the World Upside Down for Southern Children (Ivan R. Dee, 2010). In the book she presents the Civil War as a major tur…

Dennis Conrad, editor of the Papers of General Nathanael Greene, presented an assessment of General Greene and the Revolutionary War in the South. General Greene, who he termed a forgotten h…

Author and journalist Bonnie Angelo talked about her book First Families: The Impact of the White House on Their Lives, published by Harper. Her book covers the previous 200 years of America…