Richard Carwardine

Richard Carwardine

Professor Richard Carwardine MA, DPhil, is the Rhodes Professor of American History at St Catherine's College, Oxford. Prior to this he was Professor of American History at the University of Sheffield. He specialises in the early years of the American Republic and the American Civil War. His most well-known work is the 2004 book "Lincoln: A Life of Purpose and Power", a political biography which particularly focuses on how Abraham Lincoln mobilised evangelical Protestants to gain support for the Union and emancipation. The book won the Lincoln Prize.

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* [http://www.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org/events/2006-02-02-richardCarwardine.jsp Interview] at the Pritzker Military Library


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