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Wednesday, February 14, 2001
Contact: Peter Bailley
news@knox.edu
309-341-7715
Douglas Wilson, a noted Lincoln scholar at Knox College in Galesburg, is one of the historians and experts featured on the upcoming television series "Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided." The series will be telecast Feb. 19-21 as part of the "American Experience" series on Public Broadcasting System. In the Galesburg area, the program will be broadcast from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. CST on WTVP Channel 47.
Wilson, who will be featured on the first of the three programs, is one of the nation's foremost historians on Lincoln's pre-presidential years in New Salem and Springfield, Illinois.
According to Wilson, the PBS program omitted some aspects of Lincoln's courtship of Mary Todd, such as Lincoln's interest in Matilda Edwards, the daughter of one of his political allies. Wilson's 1998 book, "Honor's Voice," details Lincoln's emotional and political turmoils, including the tumultous relationship with Mary Todd.
Hailed as one of the best books about Lincoln in recent years, "Honor's Voice" reveals Lincoln's transformation from an uneducated farm boy and subsistence-wage laborer to a skilled lawyer and political leader. "Honor's Voice" won the 1999 Lincoln Prize -- one of the most prestigious awards in the field of American history.
In addition to several acclaimed books on Thomas Jefferson, Wilson also is the author of "Lincoln Before Washington," and co-editor with Rodney Davis, of 'Herndon's Informants: Letters and Interviews About Abraham Lincoln." He and Davis are co-directors of the Lincoln Studies Center at Knox College.
Founded in 1837, Knox is an independent, four-year, liberal arts college in Galesburg, Illinois, with 1,220 students from 47 states and 41 nations. Knox's "Old Main," a National Historic Landmark, is the only building remaining from the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates.
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