Tag: Abraham Lincoln

• Author Erik Larson offers compelling acount of the start of the Civil War

  

  Only a master storyteller like Erik Larson could turn the five tumultuous months leading up to the Civil War into “The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroes at the Dawn of the Civil War” (Crown), a compelling, page-turning read, chock full of anecdotes, psychological profiles and obscure but compelling tidbits of…

  Jane Simon Ammeson

  January 5, 2025

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• Lincoln Roadtrip: Following the backroads to find Abraham Lincoln

  

  I am proud to announce that my book, Lincoln Roadtrip: The Backroads Guide to America’s Favorite President, published by Indiana University Press, is a winner in the 2019-20 Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition, taking the bronze in the Travel Book category. The annual competition is sponsored by the Society of American Travel Writers Foundation. Winners…

  Jane Simon Ammeson

  November 22, 2020

  American History, Architecture, Culture, Food History, Historic Architecture, History, Travel, Underground Railroad

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• Courting Mr. Lincoln

  

  Bestselling novelist Louis Bayard, author of the literary historical novel Courting Mr. Lincoln, has written about a fascinating story about the relationships between the future President and the two people who knew him best: his handsome and charming confidant (and roommate) Joshua Speed , the rich scion of the a wealthy hemp growing family in…

  Jane Simon Ammeson

  May 1, 2019

  Abraham Lincoln, Book signings, Book Stall, Chicago, History, Mary Todd Lincoln, Unabridged Books, Uncategorized

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