Sidney Blumenthal

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• SOURCE: Washington Monthly
  12/9/19
  

  The Emergence of Abraham Lincoln

  by Sidney Blumenthal

  How America’s 16th president went from virtual obscurity to ending slavery.

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• SOURCE: Washington Monthly
  Accessed 9/19/19
  

  Allen C. Guelzo Reviews Sidney Blumenthal's Latest Installment of His Biography of Lincoln

  by Allen C. Guelzo

  "Blumenthal never allows the intensity of Lincoln’s story to flag for a moment."

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• 9/8/19
  

  A Nation Headed to Civil War: The Compromise of 1850

  by Sidney Blumenthal

  An excerpt from ALL THE POWERS OF EARTH by Sidney Blumenthal.

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  6/30/19
  

  How Lincoln's disdain for demagogues pricks Trump's Fourth of July pomposity

  by Sidney Blumenthal

  If nothing else, the president’s speech on the Mall on Thursday will show how far we have fallen since Lincoln.

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• 5/1/19
  

  Sidney Blumenthal on Abraham Lincoln and Why History Always Matters

  To celebrate the History News Network's arrival at the George Washington University, HNN hosted "Why History Always Matters." As part of the event, HNN Editor Kyla Sommers interviewed Mr. Blumenthal on the importance of history and his 5-part biography of Abraham Lincoln.

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• SOURCE: Truthdig
  6-2-17
  

  Historians have underestimated Sidney Blumenthal's achievement in his biography of Lincoln

  Steven Hahn and other historians who seemed to be searching for reasons to belittle Blumenthal’s achievement must now dispel their doubts.

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• 6-7-16
  

  Video of the Week: Sidney Blumenthal & Sean Wilentz on “The Hidden History of American Politics"

  Former political aide Sidney Blumenthal and prominent historian Sean Wilentz of Princeton University explore the role party politics has played in America’s enduring struggle against economic inequality.

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• The Making of a Politician: Sidney Blumenthal on His New Biography of Abe Lincoln (Interview)

  by Robin Lindley

  Blumenthal dispels the notion of a Lincoln too noble for politics in the first volume of his planned four-volume work on the sixteenth president.

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• SOURCE: The Daily Beast
  6-12-16
  

  Critic says professors are unfairly dismissing Sidney Blumenthal’s biography of Lincoln

  "There seems to be some reluctance among academic historians to accept A Self-Made Man for the instant classic it clearly is."