Donald, renowned for his study of Abraham Lincoln and the people around him, was a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize. He will be honored posthumously at the library with the Ruth Ratner Miller Award for Excellence in American History, presented annually by the Friends of the Concord Free Public Library.

Three scholars will speak in honor of Donald as a scholar and collaborator:
**John Stauffer, Professor of English and American Literature and Language, Harvard University
**Nina Silber, Professor of History, Boston University
**Bernard Bailyn, Adams University Professor and James Duncan Phillips Professor of Early American History, emeritus, at Harvard University

The program, titled “David Herbert Donald, Lincoln, and the American Experience,” will begin with a 20-minute piano concert by noted solist Biljana Milovanovic, a founder of the Ibis Camerata. Milovanovic will perform American music of the Civil War period.
The program will feature music by the virtuoso American pianist and composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk and John Paine, one of the most important composers in the Boston area during the Civil War.

“David Herbert Donald, Lincoln, and the American Experience” is a benefit for the Friends of the Concord Free Public Library. Tickets are $15, free for students. Proceeds support museum passes; adult and children’s programs at the library; and additions to the library collection, including books, DVDs, and CDs. Tickets are available at the library and at the Concord Bookshop. For information, email friends@concordlibrary.org or call (978)318-3301.

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Rob

I don’t remember all of them, but a few that stand out include Emory Thomas’s _Confederate Nation_, Herman Hattaway and Archer Jones _How the North Won_, William Freehling’s _The Road to Disunion, Vol. 1_, Eric Foner’s _Reconstruction_, and Leon Litwack’s _Been in the Storm So Long_. That’s pretty good!