The Civil War Podcast

I’m trying and failing to turn a pithy river course/course of his life phrase, here. Maybe this blog has a future as a kind of New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest? I wish I’d been in the audience for this presentation on Lincoln’s relationship with rivers. I’m a sucker for unusual essay themes and anecdotes of [...]

A play about Lincoln is currently playing at Ford’s Theater, and it sounds pretty good. I was supposed to visit a friend in DC last weekend, and I’m kind of kicking myself now at missing this. If you’re in the area, it might be worth checking out! (I’m ashamed to say my first thought on [...]

The Booth boys are back onstage, though not as actors – they’re characters in their own story this time! Those in the New York area can catch An Error of the Moon at Williamsburg’s Beckett Theater through October 10th. http://theater.nytimes.com/2010/08/31/theater/reviews/31error.html?scp=4&sq=%22abraham%20lincoln%22&st=cse