Harold Holzer, one of the nation's leading authorities on Abraham Lincoln and the political culture of the Civil War era, will speak on “Lincoln in New York” on Tuesday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m. at the Nott Memorial.
His talk, part of Union's Perspectives at the Nott lecture series, is free and open to the public.
Holzer has written hundreds of magazine articles and dozens of books about Abraham Lincoln. His latest book is “Lincoln in the Times: The Life of Abraham Lincoln as Originally Reported in the New York Times,'' co-edited with Pulitzer-Prize winning biographer David Herbert Donald. The book presents, for the first time in a single volume, the original press coverage Lincoln elicited in the country's newspaper of record, with expert commentary by the editors.
Holzer's 2004 book, “Lincoln at Cooper Union: The Speech That Made Abraham Lincoln President,” won the prestigious Lincoln Prize in 2005.
His work has appeared in Life Magazine, American Heritage, Civil War Times and The New York Times.
Holzer is the senior vice president for external affairs at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. He appears frequently on network news programs, including The Today Show, CBS Sunday Morning and The News Hour with Jim Lehrer. He has also made numerous appearances on C-SPAN.
A former press secretary for Gov. Mario Cuomo, Holzer is the founding vice chairman and regular lecturer at the Lincoln Forum, which hosts an annual symposium each year in Gettysburg. He lives in Rye, N.Y. with his wife Edith, director of public affairs for the New York State Council of Child Caring Agencies.
A free reception will follow Holzer's talk. For more information, call ext. 6131.