What We Should Learn from Lincoln

The Brian Lehrer Show | Oct 18, 2022

Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian and the author of And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle (Random House, 2022), talks about his new book.

EVENT: Jon Meacham will be in conversation with Eddie Glaude at Barnes & Noble—Union Square on Tuesday, October 25, at 7pm. Registration here. He'll also be at Temple Emanu-el with Willie Geist on Wednesday, October 26th, at 6:30pm. Registration here.

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