Summer reading at the Lincoln Presidential Museum Author Thomas Mackey to discuss laws leading up to the Civil War and emerging from it SPRINGFIELD – The summer authors series at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum kicks off July 16 with Thomas Mackey, the editor of an ambitious series of books about laws, speeches and judicial rulings that influenced the Civil War. Mackey will sign copies of “A Documentary History of the Civil War Era: Volume 1, Legislative Achievements” at 6 p.m. and then speak in the Lincoln Presidential Library’s multi-purpose room at 6:30. Tickets are free but must be reserved in advance. Visit presidentlincoln.illinois.gov and click on “special event tickets and reservations.” Mackey, a law professor at the University of Louisville, is working on a three-part collection of documents that are key to understanding the Civil War. The first volume ranges from local measures, such as the abolition of slavery in Washington, D.C., to major national changes like the 14th Amendment, which established new rights to due process and equal protection. The second volume collects important political speeches related to the war, while the third will focus on key judicial decisions. Other authors appearing at the Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum this summer are John Burt on July 24 and John Stauffer on Aug. 22. Burt has written “Lincoln’s Tragic Pragmatism: Lincoln, Douglas, and Moral Conflict” and Stauffer is co-author of “Battle Hymn of the Republic: A Biography of the Song That Marches On.”
Posted on: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 20:44:34 +0000
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