Biographer Paints Intimate Portrait of the Young Abraham Lincoln

Chestertown, MD, January 10, 2001 — Lincoln scholar and biographer, Douglas O. Wilson, will speak at Washington College Monday, February 12, 2001 on his work Honor’s Voice: The Transformation of Abraham Lincoln. The talk is sponsored by the C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience and will be held in the Casey Academic Center Forum at 4:30 p.m.

Awarded the prestigious Lincoln Prize in 1999 and acclaimed as one of the best books about Lincoln published in recent years, Honor’s Voice explores in depth the personal development of Abraham Lincoln as a young man. Examining Lincoln's transformation from an uneducated frontier farm boy to a skilled lawyer, orator and political leader, Dr. Wilson utilizes a wealth of private correspondence and reminiscences from Lincoln’s friends, colleagues and acquaintances to paint an intimate and authentic portrait of this American leader.

Dr. Wilson is the co-director of the Lincoln Studies Center at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, where he taught American and English literature for 33 years. In addition to Honor’s Voice, his works include Jefferson's Literary Commonplace Book, Thomas Jefferson’s Library, and Lincoln Before Washington: New Perspectives on the Illinois Years. The presentation is free and the public is invited to attend.Awarded the prestigious Lincoln Prize in 1999 and acclaimed as one of the best books about Lincoln published in recent years, Honor’s Voice explores in depth the personal development of Abraham Lincoln as a young man. Examining Lincoln's transformation from an uneducated frontier farm boy to a skilled lawyer, orator and political leader, Dr. Wilson utilizes a wealth of private correspondence and reminiscences from Lincoln’s friends, colleagues and acquaintances to paint an intimate and authentic portrait of this American leader.