Lincoln Lyceum Lecture - 2018 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Laureate Edward Ayers

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Many thanks to Laurie for sending this announcement:

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Wednesday, October 3, 2018 at 7:00 p.m.

CUB 260 (College Union Building), Gettysburg College

Lincoln Lyceum Lecture – 2018 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Laureate Edward Ayers

Edward Ayers is Tucker-Boatwright Professor of the Humanities and president emeritus at the University of Richmond. Dr. Ayers has been named National Professor of the Year, received the National Humanities Medal from President Obama at the White House, was a finalist for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, and won the Bancroft Prize for distinguished writing in American history. Ayers is one of the cohosts for BackStory, a popular podcast about American history. His newest book, The Thin Light of Freedom: The Civil War and Emancipation in the Heart of America, has received the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize at Gettysburg College in 2018.

The event is sponsored by Civil War Era Studies, free and open to the public. A book signing will follow the lecture. For more information, contact Civil War Era Studies at Gettysburg College
cwes@gettysburg.edu