Civil War Talk Radio

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(11-02-2015 12:54 PM)BettyO Wrote:  Thanks so very, very much! Plus - these are downloadable- perfect for iPod or listening in the car on long trips!

You're welcome! And you are absolutely right Betty.

I typically download from itunes after the fact and listen just like you said. You can go to itunes store and in the search box type in civil war talk radio. The podcast is free - you can subscribe to it and new episodes will automatically download when they are ready.

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(11-02-2015 01:28 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  Scott, many thanks for this posting! I have a copy of Did Lincoln Own Slaves? And Other Frequently Asked Questions About Abraham Lincoln and love it. The book has a lot of unique and valuable information including an image of an 1839 invitation to a Springfield cotillion party where Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd may have initially met. Offhand I do not think I own another book which includes this image.

My pleasure Roger. Gerry's book is very good and gives a nice overveiw of many Lincoln related topics. It is cited so one can have a starting point to look a little more deeply into topics addressed. I sent him an e-mail about our visit to the Lincoln Heritage Museum and he responsded thanking me and actually used some of the feedback I gave him in that week's show.

I might add that Gerry does a little different type of interview. It is not promotional in nature (like some of the puff pieces that I hear sometimes - no real substance). Gerry's is an informed interview (he actually reads the book that he is interviewing about each week). James Oakes (author of The Radical and the Republican, about Lincoln and Douglas as well as Freedom National about the nature of anti-slavery in the Republican Party) and I had a discussion about this while having breakfast at the Lincoln Forum Symposium a couple of years ago. He said he liked being on Gerry's show because Gerry has always read the book and asks very insightful questions that spur dialouge about the subject. As a listener, that is also something that I very much appreciate. I love the idea of a greater understanding through dialouge.

I would also note that many other Lincoln and Civil War authors/scholars, etc. including Harold Holzer, Frank Williams, Michael Burlingame, Mike Kauffman, James McPherson, Craig Symonds, Jack Davis, Dan Weinberg, John Marszalek, Ed Bearrs, and many many more have made appearances (some multiple times) over the years.