The Lincoln Group would like to announce that on Jan. 4, 2014 we are
hosting a Tribute to Eric Foner, which will be held at the Willard Hotel.
You can make your reservations at www.lincolngroup.org/jan2014.html.
Reservations must be made by noon Jan. 1, 2014.
Eric Foner is the DeWitt Clinton Professor of History, specializing in the
Civil War and Reconstruction, slavery, and 19th-century America. He is one
of only two persons to serve as President of the Organization of American
Historians, American Historical Association, and Society of American
Historians. He has also been the curator of several museum exhibitions,
including the prize-winning "A House Divided: America in the Age of
Lincoln," at the Chicago Historical Society. He is the recipient of
numerous national awards for outstanding scholarship, teaching and
research. His most recent book, The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and
American Slavery won the Pulitzer, Bancroft, and Lincoln prizes for 2011.
Foner's works have been highly praised in scholarly journals and by reviews
in periodicals across the political spectrum. In The Nation, Theodore
Rosengarten wrote that Reconstruction is "monumental in scope ... a feat of
research and synthesis that is not likely to be repeated for a generation."
Robert H. Ferrell, in the National Review declared that The Story of
American Freedom "approaches brilliance." Of The Fiery Trial, Gordon Berg
observed in Civil War Times, "looking for flaws in an Eric Foner book is
like looking for flaws in the Hope Diamond; it is a fool's errand."
In a recent book review, Professor Steven Hahn of the University of
Pennsylvania wrote of Eric Foner: "Like his mentor Richard Hofstadter, he
has had an enormous influence on how other historians, as well as a good
cut of the general reading public, have come to think about American
history. “
Best regards,
Karen Needles
President
Lincoln Group of D.C.
http://www.lincolngroup.org
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