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2010 Virtual Book Signing Events

July 24 (Part 1)
July 24 (Part 2)
July 24 (Part 3)
July 24 (Part 4)

Larry Hewitt talks about Confederate Generals in the Western Theater, Vols 1 & 2 and Brian Craig Miller talks about John Bell Hood and the Fight for Civil War Memory.

July 10 (Part 1)
July 10 (Part 2)
July 10 (Part 3)
July 10 (Part 4)


Mark Lause on Race and Radicalism in the Union Army.
June 16 (Part 1)
June 16 (Part 2)
June 16 (Part 3)
June 16 (Part 4)
Ed Bearss on Receding Tide: Vicksburg and Gettysburg: The Campaigns that Changed the Civil War.
June 12 (Part 1)
June 12 (Part 2)
June 12 (Part 3)
June 12 (Part 4)
Harold Holzer on The Lincoln Assassination Crime & Punishment, Myth & Memory and Ronald White on A. Lincoln.
April 16 (Part 1)
April 16 (Part 2)
April 16 (Part 3)
April 16 (Part 4)
Seth Grahame-Smith talks about Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter.
March 27 (Part 1)
March 27 (Part 2)
March 27 (Part 3)
March 27 (Part 4)
Paul Taylor talks about Orlando Poe: Civil War General, Great Lakes Engineer
March 6 (Part 1)
March 6 (Part 2)
March 6 (Part 3)
March 6 (Part 4)
Michael Perman talks about Pursuit of Unity and Julia Stern talks about
Mary Chesnut's Civil War Epic.
January 30 (Part 1)
January 30 (Part 2)
January 30 (Part 3)
Norm Boas talks about Abraham Lincoln Illustrated Biographical Dictionary and Burrus Carnahan talks about Lincoln on Trial.

 

 

2009 Virtual Book Signing Events

December 5 (Part 1)
December 5 (Part 2)
December 5 (Part 3)
December 5 (Part 4)
Dave Powell talks about The Maps of Chickamauga.

November 21 (Part 1)
November 21 (Part 2)
November 21 (Part 3)
November 21 (Part 4)

Philip Kunhardt talks about Lincoln Life-Size and Earl Maltz talks about Slavery and the Supreme Court.
November 13 (Part 1)
November 13 (Part 2)
November 13 (Part 3)
November 13 (Part 4)
David Plouffe talks about The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory.
November 5 (Part 1)
November 5 (Part 2)
November 5 (Part 3)
November 5 (Part 4)
Joan Waugh talks about U. S. Grant, American Hero, American Myth and Peri Arnolds talks about Remaking the Presidency.
October 29 (Part 1)
October 29 (Part 2)
October 29 (Part 3)
October 29 (Part 4)
Taylor Branch talks about The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History With the President.

October 17 (Part 1)
October 17 (Part 2)
October 17 (Part 3)
October 17 (Part 4)

Barton Myers talks about Executing Daniel Bright and Ron Elliott talks about
Through the Eyes of Lincoln.

September 5 (Part 1)
September 5 (Part 2)
September 5 (Part 3)
September 5 (Part 4)

Bruce Allardice talks about Confederate Colonels and Robert Girardi talks about Campaigning with Uncle Billy.

June 27 (Part 1)
June 27 (Part 2)
June 28 (Part 3)
June 28 (Part 4)

Sal Cilella talks about Upton's Regulars and James Swan talks about Chicago's Irish Legion.
May 16 (Part 1)
May 16 (Part 2)
May 16 (Part 3)
May 16 (Part 4)
Matthew Algeo talks about Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure and Larry Tagg talks about The Unpopular Mr. Lincoln.
April 25 (Part 1)
April 25 (Part 2)
April 25 (Part 3)
April 25 (Part 4)
Fred Reed, Jr talks about Abraham Lincoln: The Image of His Greatness and Marc Egnal on Clash of Extremes.
March 28 (Part 1)
March 28 (Part 2)
March 28 (Part 3)
March 28 (Part 4)
Tom Campbell talks about Slavery in Chicago and Lance Herdegen talks about
Those Damn Black Hats.
March 5 (Part 1)
March 5 (Part 2)
March 5 (Part 3)
March 5 (Part 4)
Michael Burlingame talks about Abraham Lincoln: A Life.
February 21(Part 1)
February 21 (Part 2)
February 21 (Part 3)
David Leroy talks about Mr. Lincoln's Book.
February 14 (Part 1)
February 14 (Part 2)
February 14 (Part 3)
February 14 (Part 4)
Catherine Clinton talks about Mrs. Lincoln and Ron White talks about
A. Lincoln.
January 15 (Part 1)
January 15 (Part 2)
January 15 (Part 3)
January 15 (Part 4)
George McGovern, joins us at the Freedom Museum for a talk about his book
Abraham Lincoln the Sixteenth President.

2008 Virtual Book Signing Events

December 6 (Part 1)
December 6 (Part 2)
December 6 (Part 3)
December 6 (Part 4)

Philip Kunhardt, III talks about Looking for Lincoln.

November 10 (Part 1)
November 10 (Part 2)
November 10 (Part 3)
November 10 (Part 4)

James McPherson talks about his book Tried By War.

October 25 (Part 1)
October 25 (Part 2)
October 25 (Part 3)
October 25 (Part 4)

Craig Symonds talks about Lincoln and His Admirals, Andrew Jampoler talks about The Last Lincoln Conspirator.
October 17 (Part 1)
October 17 (Part 2)
October 17 (Part 3)
Harold Holzer talks about Lincoln President Elect: Abraham Lincoln and the Great Secession Winter of 1860 - 1861.

September 13 (Part 1)
September 13 (Part 2)
September 13 (Part 3)
September 13 (Part 4)

Peter Cozzens talks about Shenandoah 1862, and Noah Andre Trudeau talks about
Southern Storm.
August 23 (Part 1)
August 23 (Part 2)
August 23 (Part 3)
Timothy Smith on the Golden Age of Battlefield Preservation.
July 12 (Part 1)
July 12 (Part 2)
July 12 (Part 3)
Rod Andrew talks about Wade Hampton and Darrell Collins talks about Robert E. Rodes.
21 June 2008 (Part 1)
21 June 2008 (Part 2)
21 June 2008 (Part 3)
Walter Nugent talks about Habits of Empire and Bryan Bush talks about Lincoln and the Speeds.
14 June 2008 (Part 1)
14 June 2008 (Part 2)
14 June 2008 (Part 3)
Newton Minow talks about Inside the Presidential Debates .
31 May 2008 (Part 1)
31 May 2008 (Part 2)
31 May 2008 (Part 3)
Daniel Mark Epstein talks about The Lincolns, Daniel Stowell talks about
The Lincoln Legal Papers.
17 May 2008 (Part 1)
17 May 2008 (Part 2)

17 May 2008 (Part 3)
Glenn LaFantasie talking about Gettysburg Heroes.
8 May 2008 (Part 1)
8 May 2008 (Part 2)
8 May 2008 (Part 3)
Todd De Pastino talking about Life Up Front and Willie & Joe
26 April 2008 (Part 1)
26 April 2008 (Part 2)
Russell McClintock discusses Lincoln and the Decision for War.
3 April 2008 (Part 1)
3 April 2008 (Part 2)
Gary Gallagher talks about Causes Won, Lost and Forgotten, Ruth Hill Fulton McAllister
talks about Co. Aytch.
9 February 2008 (Part 1)
9 February 2008 (Part 2)
9 February 2008 (Part 3)
William Lee Miller discusses President Lincoln and James Percoco talks about
Summers With Lincoln.
26 January 2008 (Part 1)
26 January 2008 (Part 2)
26 January 2008 (Part 3)
Gerry Prokopowicz talks about Did Lincoln Own Slaves? and Stephen Berry talks about
House of Abraham.
Lion of White Hall Listen to an excerpt from William Townsend's 1952 speech to the Civil War Round Table about Cassius Marcellus Clay. For more information or to order a copy, click here.

Ordering Previous Titles

If you would like to order books from previous Virtual Book Signings, please visit the and the Book Blast sections of the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop web site. You can also email to confirm availability. We have limited quantities of a few of the titles. A few titles are still available signed, in first editions; others are available in later editions and with signed bookplates. Some are out of print. Call now to avoid disappointment.

If you prefer to call in your order we are at 312/944-3085.

To view Virtual Book Signings from Previous Years,
Including our Pritzker Military Library Events
Visit the Past Signings Page

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