Cottage Conversation: Matthew Pinsker

Noted historian Matthew Pinsker will be in conversation with Bloomberg columnist Frank Barry to discuss insights about Abraham Lincoln and the politics of the Civil War from his recent book, Boss Lincoln: The Partisan Life of Abraham Lincoln. Pinsker's biography of Lincoln as a party leader offers an eye-opening portrait of the great president behind the scenes. With an array of newly discovered or previously overlooked private documents, Pinsker helps readers understand the career-long party politician whose brilliant coalition-building during the Civil War set the foundation for emancipation and Union victory.