Andrew Delbanco | The War Before the War: Fugitive Slaves and the Struggle for America’s Soul from the Revolution to the Civil War
Recorded Nov 27, 2018
Direct Download:
20181127-andrewd.mp3
“America’s best social critic” (Time), Andrew Delbanco is the author of numerous books that explore American history, character, and ideals, including The Real American Dream: A Meditation on Hope, The Puritan Ordeal, and Required Reading: Why Our American Classics Matter. His essays on history and culture are frequently featured in The New York Review of Books. President Obama awarded him the National Humanities Medal in 2012. The War Before the War tells the antebellum story of how two Americas—one enslaved and the other free—created an inexorable path toward the Civil War.
Watch the video here.Other Great Podcasts
- Veronica Chambers | Finish the Fight!: The Brave and Revolutionary Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote
- Nikki Giovanni | Make Me Rain
- Asha Lemmie | Fifty Words for Rain
- Ezekiel J. Emanuel | Which Country Has the World’s Best Health Care?
- Chris Wallace | Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days That Changed the World
- Inga Saffron | Becoming Philadelphia: How an Old American City Made Itself New Again