Extra Credit Questions

[RJNorton]

Nope, not Baker.

[Dennis Urban]

Final guess, Eli Washburne. I'm done.

[RJNorton]

Thank you for trying, Dennis, but it's not Washburne.

[Rob Wick]

So, February of 1861 means that Lincoln has not been inaugurated yet, so the meeting took place in Illinois. I'm going to guess Horace Greeley, who met Lincoln at the Chenery House on February 5.

Best
Rob

[AussieMick]

Robert Lincoln?

[Anita]

Ward Lamon?

[RJNorton]

I am sorry, but it's not Greeley, R. Lincoln, or Lamon.

Hint #1: The correct answer is female.

[Gene C]

His step-mother ?

[RJNorton]

Nope, it wasn't Sarah Bush Lincoln.

[RJNorton]

Hint #2:

[Steve]

Hannah Armstrong

[RJNorton]

Right, Steve!

Information on Hannah Armstrong:

https://www.mrlincolnandfriends.org/the-...index.html

[mbgross]

(02-17-2025 01:16 PM)Rob Wick Wrote:  None of the last three answers are correct. I'm having trouble coming up with clues that won't just give the answer away, so I will go ahead and reveal it.

According to Richard Carwardine's new book Righteous Strife: How Warring Religious Nationalists Forged Lincoln's Union, Lincoln proclaimed three days of fasting and humiliation and six days of thanksgiving, more than any president in U.S. history. From the introduction to his book:

"Each occasion licensed ministers, political leaders, and their audiences to consider how far the nation had fallen short in its historic and current pursuit of righteousness." Later, Carwardine writes, "Perhaps because public fasts are today inconceivable as means of bringing public pressure to bear, their wartime significance and a flood of nationalist rhetoric have attracted little analysis, though they were freighted with political meaning and stand visible in plain sight. Placed in a wider context, they provide a series of indicative, revelatory landmarks on the course of the completing religious nationalism in the Civil War Union."

Carwardine is Emeritus Rhodes Professor of American History, Corpus Christi College, which is a part of Oxford University in England. In addition to this book, he also wrote Abraham Lincoln and the Fourth Estate: The White House and the Press During the American Civil War, 2004; Lincoln: A Life of Purpose and Power, 2006; The Global Lincoln, 2011; and Lincoln's Sense of Humor, 2017, which is part of Southern Illinois University's Concise Lincoln Library.

Best
Rob

Mr. Wick, thank you for this informative post. I did not realize that he wrote about Lincoln and the press. One that I will be sure to try and get.

His book AL: A life of Purpose and Power is one of the best Lincoln biographies I have ever read. His analysis of 19th century religion and Lincoln's use/participation in it, is a masterpiece. I am not alone in this assessment; the book won the Lincoln Prize.

In a group of abut 25 teachers and sponsored by Gilder-Lehrman. We got to spend a week with him in Oxford. it was such a delight, not only did I learn many things, but the professor was fun to hang out with. I've been to many like workshops like this, and the professors would interact with you during the sessions, but little else. Not, Richard Carwardine, he ate dinner with us every night at the university and then would often go to the pub with us later! He even told us an Elizabeth Taylor story when he was a young struggling actor.

I will be getting his new book too. He is speaking TODAY about the book, through a Gilder -Lehrman (best history organization out there) link. here is info about it:

https://marketing.gilderlehrman.org/l/94...6-18/x3h3m

Thanks again, Mike

[David Lockmiller]

(03-02-2025 08:16 AM)mbgross Wrote:  In a group of abut 25 teachers and sponsored by Gilder-Lehrman. We got to spend a week with him in Oxford. it was such a delight, not only did I learn many things, but the professor was fun to hang out with. I've been to many like workshops like this, and the professors would interact with you during the sessions, but little else. Not, Richard Carwardine, he ate dinner with us every night at the university and then would often go to the pub with us later! He even told us an Elizabeth Taylor story when he was a young struggling actor.

I will be getting his new book too. He is speaking TODAY about the book, through a Gilder -Lehrman (best history organization out there) link. here is info about it:

https://marketing.gilderlehrman.org/l/94...6-18/x3h3m

Thanks again, Mike

I should like to know the "Elizabeth Taylor story when he was a young struggling actor."

Anyone who has seen "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" has a great appreciation for Elizabeth Taylor as an actress. And, she was a people person, as well.

[Rob Wick]

Mike,
Glad to do it although it's Rob. Anyone asking for Mr. Wick would be sorely disappointed by the result.

I will likely get the book in a couple of weeks. It will be a while before I am able to read it since I have finally started writing on my biography of Ida Tarbell. I hit a dry spell just before Thanksgiving and finally dug my way out of it a couple of weeks ago. That sounds very interesting meeting Carwardine. I too would love to hear more about Elizabeth Taylor.

Best
Rob