SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH DR. DAVID LONG, HISTORIAN AND PROFESSOR OF LAW AND HISTORY AT MANATEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN BRADENTON, FLORIDA, ABOUT HIS NEW BOOK "THE JEWEL OF LIBERTY," PUBLISHED BY STACKPOLE BOOKS. THIS WORK ABOUT THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1864 IS BEING CALLED THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOK WRITTEN ABOUT ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN MANY YEARS. NPR'S BOB EDWARDS READS FROM ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
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