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Cottage Conversation with Sidney Blumenthal

Join us on Thursday, May 19, as ABC News' Jonathan Karl interviews Sidney Blumenthal on the newly released book, A Self-Made Man: the Political Life of Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1849, the first of Blumenthal's multi-volume biography of Lincoln. This first volume traces Lincoln from his painful youth in Kentucky and Indiana to his emergence in Illinois and national politics as the man we recognize as Abraham Lincoln.

Mr. Blumenthal is the former assistant and senior adviser to President Bill Clinton, and senior adviser to Hillary Clinton. He has been a national staff reporter for The Washington Post, Washington editor and staff writer for The New Yorker, senior writer for The New Republic, and contributed to numerous additional publications.

Mr. Karl has served as ABC's Chief White House Correspondent since December 2012. Prior to ABC, Mr. Karl has worked for CNN, The New York Post, The New Republic, The Wall Street Journal, The Weekly Standard, The New Republic, Reason, The Christian Science Monitor and The San Francisco Chronicle.


When: Thursday, May 19, 2016
Reception: 6:00 pm, Robert H. Smith Visitor Education Center
Lecture: 6:30 pm, President Lincoln's Cottage
Admission: $10 for the lecture and $10 for the reception. Free for Cottage members at the $250 level or above.

To purchase tickets and RSVP, email Michelle Martz at MMartz@lincolncottage.org or call (202) 688-3735.