Chicago Public Library  kicks off its celebration of the Lincoln Bicentennial with world-renowned Lincoln authority and historian, Harold Holzer.

Harold Holzer serves as the United States co-chairman of the Lincoln Bicentennial Commission and is editor of the recently published The Lincoln Anthology. He has authored, co-authored and edited more than 33 books including Lincoln as I Knew Him, Lincoln President-Elect, Lincoln In the Times, and In Lincoln’s Hand.

This program was recorded as part of the Chicago Public Library’s Land of Lincoln Readers: Summer Reads for Adults.

Recorded Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at Chicago Public Library.