2017 Lincoln Prize

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(02-14-2017 07:04 PM)L Verge Wrote:  

(02-14-2017 01:30 PM)STS Lincolnite Wrote:  The co-winners of the 2017 Lincoln Prize have been announced:

James B. Conroy, author of Lincoln’s White House: The People’s House in Wartime (Rowman and Littlefield)

Douglas R. Egerton, author of Thunder at the Gates: The Black Civil War Regiments That Redeemed America (Basic Books)

See the link below for more information and to see the other nominees.

https://www.gettysburg.edu/news_events/p...+announced

Congratulations to the winners!

One of the winners, James Conroy, happened to be speaking in Springfield and the Lincoln birthday celebrations so I (along with at least one other member of the discussion group) got to congratulate him personally. Jim is a very nice guy and a really good speaker as well as author. His first book on the Hampton Roads Peace Conference was also fantastic (and I think was a finalist for the Lincoln Prize the year it was published).

I had to threaten and twist an arm to get Conroy's book ordered for sale in the gift shop. If you have read it or will be reading it, please let me know if Mr. Conroy would be a suitable speaker for the Surratt Conference in 2018 (i.e. does it fit the assassination-related theme?). I learned of his book too late for consideration this year. Our speakers are generally chosen nearly a year in advance.

Laurie,

The Lincoln Group of NY featured James Conroy at its November meeting. I was fortunate to attend, and I found his account of "Lincoln's White House" fascinating. Obviously, the audience did so, too, simply by the Q & A that followed after his presentation. Highly recommend!