Jonathan Earle on Abraham Lincoln and the Election of 1860
What can the election of 1860 teach us about America today?
Historian Jonathan Earle joins Speaking of Writers to discuss his new book, He Has the People: Abraham Lincoln and the Election of 1860.
We go behind the scenes of one of the most consequential presidential campaigns in American history—from Lincoln's unlikely Republican nomination to his battle against Stephen Douglas and William Henry Seward, the Democratic Party's collapse, the impact of John Brown's raid, and the deepening crisis over slavery.
Earle's research draws on the writings of campaign journalist Murat Halstead and…
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