Pulitzer-winning historian to speak at humanities dinner
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 14 years, 3 months AGO
Pulitzer Prize-winning American Civil War historian James McPherson will be the speaker at the Idaho Humanities Council's Distinguished Humanities Lecture and Dinner.
The event takes place Oct. 6 at 7 p.m. at The Coeur d'Alene Resort, and commemorates the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War.
McPherson is professor emeritus of history at Princeton University and one of the most distinguished historians of our time. The event will help commemorate the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War.
Tickets are available now for purchase online by clicking www.idahohumanities.org or by calling the IHC toll free at (888) 345-5346. General tickets are $45. Benefactor tickets are $100, offering an invitation to a pre-dinner reception with McPherson in a private home and preferred seating at the dinner and lecture. IHC always recommends reserving tickets early as the event often sells out.
McPherson has written several bestselling books. His most recent is "Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief," which was published in 2008.
In 1988, McPherson's book, "Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era," went on to win the Pulitzer Prize and has since sold more than 600,000 copies.
An active preservationist, McPherson has served on the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission since 1991.