Introduces the life of the sixteenth president of the United States, who presided over the Union during the Civil War and issued the Emancipation.
Introduces the life of the sixteenth president of the United States, who presided over the Union during the Civil War and issued the Emancipation Proclamation....
Richard N. Current
American historian (–)
Richard Nelson Current (October 5, – October 26, ) was an American historian, called "the Dean of Lincoln Scholars", best known for The Lincoln Nobody Knows (), and Lincoln and the First Shot ().[1]
Life
Born in Colorado City, Colorado, Current graduated in from Oberlin College with a B.A., in from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University with an M.A., and in from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a PhD.
At Wisconsin, he studied under William B. Hesseltine. He wrote a book titled "Old Thad Stevens: A Story of Ambition" while at the university.[2][3]
In the United States, Current taught at Rutgers University, Hamilton College, Northern Michigan University, Lawrence University, Mills College, Salisbury State University, the University of Illinois, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.[4][5] Internationa