Todd Brewster, respected long-time journalist and coauthor (with the late Peter Jennings) of the bestselling The Century, will talk about the critical six-month period leading up to the signing of the Proclamation at the Mill Valley Library's After Hours series. He will discuss events and situations influenced Lincoln's decision? Was it through will or by accident, intention or coincidence, personal achievement or historical determinism that Lincoln freed the slaves? Brewster's new book, Lincoln's Gamble, portrays the President as an imperfect man with an unshakable determination to save a country he believed in, even as the course of the Civil War remained unknown.
- Length: 01:10:41
- Producer: CMCM
- Series: Special < 90 min.
- Category: Community
