I am really enjoying my venture in podcasting,
which gives me a chance to have stimulating conversations about history with a variety of authors. This month I spoke to Martha Hodes of NYU about her new
book Mourning Lincoln.
The murder of President Abraham Lincoln, just days
after the Union had triumphed in the Civil War, shocked and horrified people
across America—it was, in its way, a nineteenth century 9/11. This year, 2015, marks
the 150th anniversary of the assassination. Mourning Lincoln is Martha Hodes's exploration of that traumatic event.
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| Martha Hodes |
She has combed through the private, unfiltered
writings of Americans from both North and South to learn how they reacted to
news of the assassination. Their responses both reflected how much Lincoln
meant to his contemporaries and revealed the profound differences that the
Civil War had left unresolved. Click the arrow above to hear my conversation with Martha Hodes about
her work; you can also download it at OnefortheBooks.net or via Soundcloud.
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