HAROLD HOLZER | LINCOLN SCHOLAR

HAROLD HOLZER is one of the country's leading authorities on Abraham Lincoln and the political culture of the Civil War era. A prolific writer and lecturer, and frequent guest on television, Holzer serves as chairman of The Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation, successor organization to the United States Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission (ALBC), to which he was appointed by President Clinton in 2000, and co-chaired from 2001–2010. President Bush, in turn, awarded Holzer the National Humanities Medal in 2008. bio continues here...

Newly discovered antique photo: New York City Congresswoman (and U.S. Senate candidate) Bella S. Abzug leaves the New Democratic Coalition Convention in 1976 with her press secretary—and future Lincoln historian. (Copyright © 1976 Diana Mara Henry / www.dianamarahenry.com)

Harold Holzer reflects upon works dating from the tumultuous period in American history of Abraham Lincoln as part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Connections series. Listen to the feature here.

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Governor Andrew M. Cuomo names Harold Holzer co-chair of the newly formed Historic Corridor Task Force. Read the full press release here.

On March 14, 2012 Harold was featured on NPR’s All Things Considered to discuss his newest book Emancipating Lincoln. Click here to listen to the story.

Upcoming Personal Appearances

2012
April 22 • “Lincoln the President-Elect: Leadership during America’s Secession Winter,” at Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry
April 24 • Conversation w/ Mark Neely on “The Civil War and the American Constitution,” New York Historical Society, New York, NY
April 26 • “Torn in Two: The 150th Anniversary of the Civil War”
May 2 • “Why Lincoln Matters,” for the Vermont Humanities Council, Dartmouth University
May 10 • CWRT of Michigan, Plymouth, MI: “Lincoln on War”
May 20 • “Why Lincoln Matters,” Tauck Civil War tour program, Washington, DC
May 21 • “Emancipating Lincoln,” at Lincoln’s Cottage, Washington, DC
May 31 • “Lincoln and Davis: Commanders-in-Chief”

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	ORDER NOW: Emancipating Lincoln: The Proclamation in Text, Context, and Memory Harold Holzer
The Emancipation Proclamation is responsible both for Lincoln’s being hailed as the Great Emancipator and for his being pilloried by those who consider his once-radical effort at emancipation insufficient. Holzer examines the impact of Lincoln’s announcement at the moment of its creation, and then as its meaning has changed over time.


	Lincoln on War Harold Holzer, editor
President Lincoln used his own weapons—his words—to fight the Civil War as brilliantly as any general who ever took the field. In Lincoln on War, historian Harold Holzer gathers and interprets Lincoln’s speeches, letters, memoranda, orders, telegrams, and casual remarks, organizing them chronologically and allowing readers to experience Lincoln’s growth from an eager young Indian War officer to a middle-aged dove congressman to a surprisingly hardened and determined hawk as the Union’s commander-in-chief.


	Hearts Touched by Fire: The Best of Battles and Leaders of the Civil War Harold Holzer, editor
Hearts Touched by Fire offers stunning accounts of the war’s great battles written by the men who planned, fought, and witnessed them, from leaders such as General Ulysses S. Grant, General George McClellan, and Confederate captain Clement Sullivane to men of lesser rank. This collection also features new year-by-year introductions by esteemed historians, including James M. McPherson, Craig L. Symonds, and James I. Robertson, Jr., who cast wise modern eyes on the cataclysm that changed America and would go down as the bloodiest conflict in our nation’s history.


	The New York Times Complete Civil War 1861�1865 Harold Holzer and Craig Symonds, editors
The New York Times, established in 1851, was one of the few newspapers with correspondents on the front lines throughout the Civil War. The Complete Civil War collects every article written about the war from 1861 to 1865, plus select pieces before and after the war and is filled with the action, politics, and personal stories of this monumental event. From the first shot fired at Fort Sumter to the surrender at Appomattox, and from the Battle of Antietam to the Battle of Atlanta, as well as articles on slavery, states rights, the role of women, and profiles of noted heroes such as Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee, the era comes alive through these daily first-hand accounts.


	Lincoln President-Elect: Abraham Lincoln and the Great Secession Winter 1860–1861 Harold Holzer
Harold Holzer, one of the most eminent Lincoln scholars, winner of a Lincoln Prize for his Lincoln at Cooper Union, examines the four months between Lincoln’s election and Inauguration when the president-elect made the most important decision of his coming presidency—there would be no compromise on slavery or secession of the slaveholding states even at the cost of an inevitable Civil War. Lincoln President-Elect is the first book to concentrate on his public stance during these months and the momentous consequences when Abraham Lincoln first demonstrated his determination and leadership. He rejected compromises urged on him that might have preserved the Union for a little while longer but enshrined slavery for generations.