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As Abraham Lincoln's bicentennial birthday approaches, Bill Moyers sits down with historian and Lincoln biographer Eric Foner to discuss the legacy and the legend of America's most studied president. Having just received Illinois' highest honor, the Order of Lincoln, Foner is author of Our Lincoln: New Perspectives on Lincoln and His World
and speaks to Moyers about the evolution of Lincoln's image from politician to icon.
As Abraham Lincoln's bicentennial birthday approaches, Bill Moyers
sits down with historian and Lincoln biographer Eric Foner to
discuss the legacy and the legend of America's most studied
president. Having just received Illinois' highest honor, the Order
of Lincoln, Foner is author of Our Lincoln: New Perspectives on
Lincoln and His World and speaks to Moyers about the evolution
of Lincoln's image from politician to icon. Also on the episode,
news and analysis of this week's events with NYU journalism
professor and PressThink blogger Jay Rosen and political journalist
and Salon.com blogger Glenn Greenwald.