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Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln

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Program: Intelligent Talk Television #159
Broadcast Date: Feb. 22, 2009

On the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birthday, Iowa native Dr. John Stauffer of Harvard University, comments on his most recent book, "Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln." Dr. Stauffer appeared at the Des Moines Public Library on February 18, 2009.

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Post Date: February 24, 2009

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