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Lecture on the Lincoln Assassination
Posted by FUPress in American History, Civil War, New York on June 13th, 2010
Fordham University Press invites you to a multi-media presentation
“You are there at Lincoln’s New York City Funeral”
by Richard Sloan
contributor to
The Lincoln Assassination: Crime and Punishment, Myth and Memory, A Lincoln Forum Book Edited by Harold Holzer, Craig L. Symonds, and Frank J. WIlliams.
Monday, June 14, 2010
6-8 p.m.
Fordham University
113 West 60th Street
Lowenstein Building, 12th Floor Lounge
NYC
Today Marks the 145th Anniversary of the Lincoln Assassination
Posted by FUPress in American History, American Studies, Civil War, History on April 14th, 2010
On April 14, 1865, just days after the end of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in a bloody act of rebellion that stirred the world and shaped a nation’s identity. Harold Holzer, premier Lincoln scholar, together with co-editors Craig L. Symonds and Frank J. Williams, has added a book of essays examining the cultural, historical, and political impact of this event to his already extensive body of work on Abraham Lincoln. The Lincoln Assassination: Crime and Punishment, Myth and Memory , forthcoming in June, offers a close look at the assassination itself and the immediate aftermath, chronicling the pursuit and prosecution of the conspirators–a relentless period that isn’t often written about. All of the contributors are leading Lincoln scholars, and each essay offers a new perspective on an event that shook a still-fledgling nation.
Now in paperback, Summers with Lincoln: Looking for the Man in the Monuments won the 2009 J. Owen Grundy History Award for its provoking look at what the 200 statues erected in Lincoln’s honor mean to us as Americans. James Percoco, a high school history teacher, embarked on a journey spanning four summers and an entire country, seeking t
o understand the significance behind Lincoln’s being the single most commemorated American in history. Along the way, he documents each monument’s history and impact in the community, discovering the human stories behind the immutable stone. Acclaimed author and Civil War historian James M. McPherson says of the book, “This splendid evocation of Lincoln’s image in sculpture combines poetic description, human-interest anecdotes, and incisive analysis. James Percoco shows how the different styles of public art shed light on the changing memories of our greatest president. Each chapter alone is worth the price of this book.”
Fordham Press Celebrates President’s Day
Posted by FUPress in American History on February 15th, 2010
Today we celebrate our founding fathers with President’s Day! Abraham Lincoln’s birthday is February 12–premier Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer’s new collection, The Lincoln Assassination: Crime and Punishment, Myth and Memory, is coming out in May, 2010. Co-edited with Craig L. Symonds and Frank J. Williams, the book examines the infamous presidential assassination and its echoing significance throughout American memory and culture. In addition to detailing the assassination, it follows the resulting search and prosecution of the murder conspirators, events which are much more complex than most realize. Harold Holzer is Senior Vice President for External Affairs at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and is one of the nation’s leading authorities on Lincoln and the political culture of the Civil War era. He serves as co-chairman of the U.S. Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission. He has written, co-written, or edited 35 books. The contributors and editors of this collection are the top Lincoln scholars in the country.
Additional Lincoln books from Fordham Press include:
The Lincoln Forum: Rediscovering Abraham Lincoln
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates: The First Complete, Unexpurgated Text
Summers with Lincoln: Looking for the Man in the Monuments
The Lincoln Assassination: Crime and Punishment, Myth and Memory
Posted by FUPress in American History, American Studies, Categories, Civil War, Military History, New York, Politics on November 23rd, 2009
Forthcoming Spring 2010
Harold Holzer, Senior VP for External Affairs at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, is one of the nation’s leading authorities on Lincoln and the political culture of the Civil War era. He serves as co-chairman of the U.S. Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, formed to examine Lincoln’s legacy over the course of 1809-2009. The Lincoln Assassination: Crime and Punishment, Myth and Memory is his latest book, forthcoming from Fordham Press in Spring, 2010.
Since October 9, the New York Historical Society has been running an exhibition highlighting New York’s significance in the rise of Abraham Lincoln to political prominence. Lincoln and New York, running through March 25, 2010, chronicles the iconic Westerner’s complicated relationship with the Eastern city, beginning with his first visit in February, 1860, to make a speech at Cooper Union.
Holzer appeared on the CBS Morning Show on Saturday to speak about the exhibit and the importance of New York to Lincoln’s presidential campaign. You can see the interview here.
Holzer has edited several books for Fordham, including:
Lincoln on Democracy
Edited and with a new introduction by Mario C. Cuomo, and Harold Holzer
416 pages
978-0-8232-2345-9, Paper, $24.95
Lincoln Revisited
New Insights from the Lincoln Forum
Edited by John Y. Simon, Harold Holzer, and Dawn Vogel
384 pages, 17 b/w illustrations
978-0-8232-2736-5, Cloth, $29.95
978-0-8232-2738-9, eBook, $21.00
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
The First Complete, Unexpurgated Text
Edited and with a new introduction by Harold Holzer
394 pages
978-0-8232-2342-8, Paper, $25.00
978-0-8232-2341-1, eBook, $18.00
The Lincoln Forum
Rediscovering Abraham Lincoln
Edited by John Y. Simon, and Harold Holzer
262 pages
978-0-8232-2215-5, Paper, $22.00
978-0-8232-2214-8, Cloth, $55.00
Coming Spring, 2010:
The Lincoln Assassination: Crime and Punishment, Myth and Memory
A Lincoln Forum Book
Edited by Harold Holzer, Craig L. Symonds, and Frank J. Williams
256 pages, 56 b/w illustrations
978-0-8232-3226-0, Cloth, $27.95
978-0-8232-3228-4, eBook, $20.00
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