It was a needed break for Goodwin from a time when she herself was scrutinized. "You can't imagine what it's like for somebody who has tried to bring him to life to know he was actually here," she says, looking toward the back of the room, where a portrait of Lincoln hangs.įor the past decade, the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian has dwelled with the spirit of Lincoln, the most scrutinized of all American presidents. He stood on that stage and spoke in early 1860, an address that established him as a national candidate, not just an Illinois lawyer and orator, and helped get him elected. For the casual tourist or college student, the Great Hall in Cooper Union might seem little more than an ornate auditorium, with its oil paintings, white columns and bright wooden stage.īut for Doris Kearns Goodwin, the Great Hall is a landmark graced by history: Abraham Lincoln was here.
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