History as Portrayed in Art: An Interview with Harold Holzer
by Harold Holzer, Sara GabbardHistory as Portrayed in Art: An Interview with Harold Holzer Sara Gabbard Sara Gabbard: Please explain the circumstances under which you and your co-authors (Gabor Boritt and Mark Neely, Jr.) undertook this enormous project. Harold Holzer: Back in 1982—it’s hard to believe it was 40 years ago!—the three of us began discussing Lincoln engravings and […]
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Lincoln’s Magician: The Saga of Captain Horatio G. “Harry” Cooke
by Jason H. SilvermanThe author wishes to express his deep gratitude and appreciation to professional magicians par excellence, Dean Carnegie and Mark Cannon, for their crucial assistance with this article. They generously provided me with some very important primary sources and much needed materials for this article. The name Horatio Green “Harry” Cooke is not one usually bandied […]
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Entertainment in Lincoln’s Springfield (1834-1860)
by Richard E. HartBy Richard E. Hart This essay is a summary of the book Entertainment in Lincoln’s Springfield (1834-1860) by Richard E. Hart and published by the Abraham Lincoln Association in November of 2017. The public entertainments within a community are a good barometer of how its residents use their free time and what type of entertainments […]
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