After Hours: Lincoln's Gamble
- When
- Fri Sep 19, 2014
- Where
- City of Mill Valley Public Library
- Time
- 7pm-9pm
- Cost
- Free
- Tags
- Literary Arts, Author Appearances, Books
Description
Todd Brewster, respected long-time journalist and coauthor (with the late Peter Jennings) of the bestselling The Century, will talk about his new book, Lincoln’s Gamble. The book is an authoritative and riveting account of the most critical six months in Lincoln’s presidency, when he penned the Emancipation Proclamation and changed the course of the Civil War. Reception and book signing follow talk.Todd Brewster has served as Don E. Ackerman Director of Oral History at the United States Military Academy, West Point, and is a longtime journalist who has worked as an editor for Time and Life and as senior producer for ABC News. While at ABC News, he was responsible for the largest documentary project in the network’s history, “The Century,” a multi-episode history of the twentieth century, which was the winner of multiple Emmy awards. He has written for Vanity Fair, Time, Life, The Huffington Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The New York Times, and is the coauthor with the late Peter Jennings of the bestselling books The Century, The Century for Young People, and In Search of America.
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