My interview on The Civil War Center Podcast is now available online.
I’ve been doing a lot of presentations and appearances related to my book, Lincoln: The Fire of Genius: How Abraham Lincoln’s Commitment to Science and Technology Helped Modernize America. You can check out upcoming appearances and selected recent presentations on my Media page.
The Civil War Center Podcast was founded and is run by Andy Lucien, a high school social studies teacher in Akron, Ohio. His love for the Civil War was evident as he grilled me on the details of the book, including how Lincoln promoted, even insisted on, development of more advanced technology for use in the war. Lincoln also dealt with scientific issues, often relying on Joseph Henry, the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and an informal science adviser to Lincoln.
This was actually one of the first interviews I gave for the book, completed back in mid-August 2022. Release was delayed by some unforeseen circumstances, but the podcast interview is now live on Andy’s Civil War Center Podcast site. While you’re there, check out other interviews Andy has posted on the site.
This wasn’t the only interview I’ve given.
On September 1, 2022, the day Lincoln: The Fire of Genius was released, I was interviewed by Abraham Lincoln Book Shop owner Dan Weinberg. You can watch that interview here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imIn8goWjBQ&t=1
My official book launch with the Lincoln Group of DC was recorded on September 13th by C-SPAN. [SEE ON C-SPAN2 AT 9:30 AM, NOV. 19TH, THEN ON VIDEO THEREAFTER]
You’ll also be able to watch the video of my presentation to the Civil War Round Table of DC shortly. Check out their YouTube page here.
You can check out more upcoming and past events on my Media page.
And if you missed it, you can watch the full C-SPAN video of the Lincoln Memorial Centennial celebration from May 22, 2022, which I emceed.
Lincoln: The Fire of Genius: How Abraham Lincoln’s Commitment to Science and Technology Helped Modernize America was released on September 1, 2022.
The book is available for purchase at all bookseller outlets. Limited signed copies are available via this website. The book also listed on Goodreads, the database where I keep track of my reading. Click on the “Want to Read” button to put it on your reading list. Please leave a review on Goodreads and Amazon if you like the book.
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David J. Kent is President of the Lincoln Group of DC and the author of Lincoln: The Fire of Genius: How Abraham Lincoln’s Commitment to Science and Technology Helped Modernize America and Lincoln: The Man Who Saved America.
His previous books include Tesla: The Wizard of Electricity and Edison: The Inventor of the Modern World and two specialty e-books: Nikola Tesla: Renewable Energy Ahead of Its Time and Abraham Lincoln and Nikola Tesla: Connected by Fate.
