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Prologue from Lincoln at Cooper UnionJul 12, 2009
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If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be?Jan 09, 2009
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Harold Holzer's Books
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Lincoln President-ElectHarold Holzer examines the months between Lincoln's election and inauguration, when he decided there would be no compromise on slavery or secession.Read More
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Lincoln at Cooper UnionLincoln at Cooper Union explores Lincoln's most influential and widely reported pre-presidential address -- an extraordinary appeal by the western...Read More
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Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. Excelsior
Q. What trait is most noticeable about you?
A. white moustache--which ive had since i was 20
Q. Which living person do you most admire?
A. Mario Cuomo
Q. With whom in history do you most identify?
A. John Hay--Lincoln's onetime assistant private secretary, who became his biographer and, later, secretary of state
Q. What’s your greatest flaw?
A. Impatience and bad temper
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UWO Western News, September 18, 2009
...CASâs eclectic Speakersâ Series this year includes David Clayton-Thomas, the former lead singer of Blood, Sweat & Tears; Harold Holzer, a renowned expert on Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War; and Andrew Keen, the author of the runaway...
Chicago Sun-Times, June 15, 2009
...By Her Cover, 7 p.m. at Anderson's Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville. JUNE 16 * Harold Holzer discusses The Lincoln Anthology, 6 p.m. in the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium at the Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State. * David Kilcullen...
Chicago Sun-Times, June 1, 2009
...By Her Cover, 7 p.m. at Anderson's Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville. JUNE 16 * Harold Holzer discusses The Lincoln Anthology, 6 p.m. in the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium at the Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State. JUNE 17 * Local Author...
News Sentinel, April 21, 2009
...s to be expected, I guess. More on that later. Then there is ?Lincoln at Cooper Union,? by Harold Holzer, I received as an unexpected but special gift. I have heard Holzer speak here in Fort Wayne and was captivated by his knowledge, his presentation...
MPNnow.com, April 12, 2009
...? from Nathaniel Hawthorne and Walt Whitman to Delmore Schwartz and Allen Ginsberg. Featured with Waterston is historian Harold Holzer, who has written, co-written or edited 22 books about Lincoln, including ?The Lincoln Anthology,? published by...
Du Quoin Evening Call, April 10, 2009
...? from Nathaniel Hawthorne and Walt Whitman to Delmore Schwartz and Allen Ginsberg. Featured with Waterston is historian Harold Holzer, who has written, co-written or edited 22 books about Lincoln, including ?The Lincoln Anthology,? published by...
Consortium News, April 9, 2009
...- from Nathaniel Hawthorne and Walt Whitman to Delmore Schwartz and Allen Ginsberg. Featured with Waterston is historian Harold Holzer, who has written, co-written or edited 22 books about Lincoln, including 'The Lincoln Anthology,' published by the...
Booktv, March 17, 2009
...Harold Holzer is the author of numerous books on the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln, including 'Lincoln at Cooper Union' that was the recipient of the Lincoln Prize in 2005. Mr...
Houston Chronicle, March 15, 2009
...Knopf, 497 pp. $30). Examines the ?moral performance? of Lincoln as president. The Lincoln Anthology ? edited by Harold Holzer (Library of America, 964 pp. $40). Brings together what 95 writers, ranging from Nathaniel Hawthorne to Karl Marx to E.L....
EMedia Wire, February 25, 2009
...may be sent to specialevents (at) loc.gov. Commemorating the 148th anniversary of Lincoln's first inaugural address, Harold Holzer will present a talk at 9:30 a.m. titled 'Lincoln Comes to Washington: The Journey of a President-Elect.' Holzer,...
PublishersWeekly.com, February 14, 2009
...homosexual life, and makes reference to Sterling Clark's involvement in a plot to overthrow FDR. Museum spokesperson Harold Holzer said decisions about which books to stock are made by a process of selection, not of censorship. The book did appear in the...
Lincoln Daily News, February 13, 2009
...and even childhood notebooks -- many never before made available to the public. Edited by leading Lincoln scholars Harold Holzer and Joshua Wolf Shenk, each manuscript featured in the book is accompanied by a reflection on Lincoln by a prominent American...
CNBC, February 12, 2009
...Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush. The book was edited by leading Lincoln scholars Harold Holzer and Joshua Wolf Shenk and is the official publication of the Library of Congress Abraham Lincoln bicentennial exhibition, ' Questions,...
Centre Daily Times, February 11, 2009
...LINCOLN WROTE Marching hand-in-hand with Kaplan's 'Lincoln' is 'In Lincoln's Hand: His Original Manuscripts,' edited by Harold Holzer and Joshua Wolf Shenk (Bantam, $35). This collection of reproductions of 40 of Lincoln's manuscripts includes a draft of...
Chambersburg Public Opinion, February 11, 2009
...Boycott,' by Russell Freedman; 'Abraham Lincoln the Writer: A Treasury of His Greatest Speeches and Letters,' edited by Harold Holzer; 'Breaking Through,' by Francisco Jimenez. Grades 9 to 12: 'Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution,' by Natalie S....
Newsday, February 8, 2009
...enduring effectiveness.' THE LINCOLN ANTHOLOGY: Great Writers on His Life and Legacy From 1860 to Now, edited by Harold Holzer (The Library of America, $40) - An intellectual feast for Lincoln devotees: essays, editorials, poems, entries from journals...
PR Newswire via Yahoo!, February 5, 2009
...Lincoln, it is easy to see Lincoln's influence throughout Obama's speeches. IN LINCOLN'S HAND (ed. Harold Holzer & Joshua Wolf Shenk, Bantam Books, Inc) provides an insider view to Lincoln's writing process. Over forty speeches are included, some...
The Signal, January 27, 2009
...Boycott' by Russell Freedman, 'Abraham Lincoln the Writer: A Treasury of His Greatest Speeches and Letters' edited by Harold Holzer and 'Breaking Through' by Francisco Jiménez. * Grades 9-12: 'Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution' by Natalie S. Bober,...
New York Times, January 19, 2009
...This week, Harold Holzer, the author of several books on Abraham Lincoln and the official historian for the upcoming New-York Historical Society exhibit, ?Lincoln and New York,? will be answering selected readers questions...
The Hill, January 17, 2009
...In Lincoln?s Hand: His Original Manuscripts with Commentary by Distinguished Americans, edited by Joshua Wolf Shenk and Harold Holzer. The 208-page hardcover contains 40 high-resolution document scans and hundreds of full-color illustrations. $35. ?...
CNN, January 13, 2009
...NIXON: Hi, I'm Dick Nixon. COSTELLO: Some historians worry all of this 'Lincoln-love' is a bit much. Harold Holzer wrote 'Lincoln President-Elect.' HAROLD HOLZER, AUTHOR: LINCOLN, PRESIDENT-ELECT: I worry when presidents try to massage the lessons of...
Tampa Tribune, December 21, 2008
...'The Lincoln Anthology: Great Writers on His Life and Legacy From 1860 to Now,' edited by Harold Holzer (Library of America, $40) What 'If the South Had Won the Civil War' as MacKinlay Kantor speculated in his short 1961 novel of that title, an excerpt...
Concord Monitor, December 20, 2008
...Lincoln President-Elect: Abraham Lincoln and the Great Secession Winter 1860-1861 by Lincoln scholar and Lincoln Bicentennial Commission Chairman Harold Holzer, who once won a Lincoln Prize for his book Lincoln at Cooper Union. What explains the enduring...
Smithsonian Magazine, December 19, 2008
...Smithsonian Magazine Readers Respond to the November Issue Oh, that we could say today what Harold Holzer said of Lincoln's first election to the presidency ('Election Day 1860'): that it was a 'bitter, raucous, six-month-long campaign.' Only six...
Fairfield Echo, December 15, 2008
...LINCOLN - Great American Historians on Our Sixteenth President (Public Affairs) LINCOLN - President-Elect (Simon and Schuster) by Harold Holzer THE LINCOLN ANTHOLOGY - Great Writers on His Life and Legacy from 0 to Now (Library of America) Continue...
Press of Atlantic City, December 12, 2008
...Lincoln President-Elect: Abraham Lincoln and the Great Secession Winter 1860-1861' by Lincoln scholar and Lincoln Bicentennial Commission Chairman Harold Holzer, who once won a Lincoln Prize for his book 'Lincoln at Cooper Union.' What explains the...
Times Union, December 12, 2008
...Lincoln President-Elect: Abraham Lincoln and the Great Secession Winter 1860-1861' by Lincoln scholar and Lincoln Bicentennial Commission Chairman Harold Holzer, who once won a Lincoln Prize for his book 'Lincoln at Cooper Union.' What explains the...
Central Utah Daily Herald, December 11, 2008
...Lincoln President-Elect: Abraham Lincoln and the Great Secession Winter 1860-1861' by Lincoln scholar and Lincoln Bicentennial Commission Chairman Harold Holzer, who once won a Lincoln Prize for his book 'Lincoln at Cooper Union.' What explains the...
IOL, November 24, 2008
...run off thousands more copies of 'Michelle,' a biography of the next first lady by Liza Mundy, and Harold Holzer's 'Lincoln President-Elect,' since the election. 'It's interesting to have a reader in the White House again. We've not had that for eight...
The CUNY News Wire, May 27, 2009
...Mark Levy ’64, who recently donated his personal collection of Civil Rights Movement memorabilia to the Rosenthal Library. Harold Holzer, Senior Vice President for External Affairs at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Co-Chair of the U.S. Abraham...
Planet Security, May 7, 2009
...the Republic by Joseph J. Ellis Lincoln at Cooper Union: The Speech That Made Abraham Lincoln President by Harold Holzer View full Library Search this site Shared Items del.icio.us ...
Planet Security, May 5, 2009
...the Republic by Joseph J. Ellis Lincoln at Cooper Union: The Speech That Made Abraham Lincoln President by Harold Holzer View full Library Search this site Shared Items del.icio.us ...
Planet Security, April 20, 2009
...the Republic by Joseph J. Ellis Lincoln at Cooper Union: The Speech That Made Abraham Lincoln President by Harold Holzer View full Library Search this site Shared Items del.icio.us ...
Planet Security, April 20, 2009
...the Republic by Joseph J. Ellis Lincoln at Cooper Union: The Speech That Made Abraham Lincoln President by Harold Holzer View full Library Search this site Shared Items del.icio.us ...
mediabistro.com: GalleyCat, April 10, 2009
...We know Harold Holzer primarily through his role as the vice president of external affairs at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, so we were pleasantly surprised to learn that he's...
Planet Security, April 8, 2009
...the Republic by Joseph J. Ellis Lincoln at Cooper Union: The Speech That Made Abraham Lincoln President by Harold Holzer View full Library Search this site Shared Items del.icio.us ...
Planet Security, April 8, 2009
...the Republic by Joseph J. Ellis Lincoln at Cooper Union: The Speech That Made Abraham Lincoln President by Harold Holzer View full Library Search this site Shared Items del.icio.us ...
Planet Security, April 3, 2009
...the Republic by Joseph J. Ellis Lincoln at Cooper Union: The Speech That Made Abraham Lincoln President by Harold Holzer View full Library Search this site Shared Items del.icio.us ...
Planet Security, April 1, 2009
...the Republic by Joseph J. Ellis Lincoln at Cooper Union: The Speech That Made Abraham Lincoln President by Harold Holzer View full Library Search this site Shared Items del.icio.us ...
Pondering Principles, February 18, 2009
...review. Last week, I commented on Lincoln, as his 200th birthday was upon us. I am presently reading Harold Holzer’s new Lincoln book (Holzer is a LIncoln scholar and a fine writer), Lincoln, President-Elect: Abraham Lincoln and the Great Secession...
CAFFEINATED POLITICS, February 12, 2009
...Congress’s Bicentennial Exhibition, In Lincoln’s Hand: His Original Manuscripts With Commentary by Distinguished Americans, edited by Harold Holzer and Joshua Wolf Shenk (Bantam, $35). It contains photos of the original manuscripts of many of his...
Book Recommendations, Blog and Podcast: Books on t, January 14, 2009
...Brain by Kirsten Menger-Anderson, Algonquin hardcover Remainder by Tom McCarthy, Vintage trade paperback In Lincoln's Hand by Harold Holzer and Joshua Wolf Shenk Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese, Knopf hardcover (all information is for the U.S....
Hoystory, January 5, 2009
...rights. Lincoln defenders, in the morning before the dedication of the statue, organized their own symposium. Panelists included Harold Holzer of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (a former speechwriter for Mario Cuomo), professor William Lee Miller (a...
