When Lincoln was asked on a questionnaire to describe his education he only wrote one word: defective. However, lack of formal education and growing up in poverty on the frontier didn’t stop him from becoming one of the premiere thinkers of his time. This is the theme of the Our American Stories podcast, now available to all both via their website and on Apple podcasts.
Here is the website version: https://www.ouramericanstories.com/podcast/history/the-fire-of-genius-how-lincoln-overcame-poverty-and-gained-an-education
Or you can listen via Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/the-fire-of-genius-how-lincoln-overcame-poverty/id1172372010?i=1000594606705
Both run about 30 minutes.
This was an interesting interview because I was able to focus on Lincoln, the man, rather than specifically talking about the book. Enjoy!
BTW, you can catch any or all of the interviews and presentations I’ve done for Lincoln: The Fire of Genius. Just scroll through my Media page for events with President Lincoln’s Cottage, the Abraham Lincoln Looking for Lincoln program, my interview on The Pat Williams Show (founder of the Orlando Magic basketball team), the Lincoln Log Podcast of the Abraham Lincoln Association, and much much more.
Plus, check out upcoming events.
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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.
