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LINCOLN GROUP OF NEW YORK
AWARD OF ACHIEVEMENT
Traditionally, announcement of the winner of this Award is made at our Fall/Winter dinner meeting held in November. The presentation of the Award to the winner is made at our February dinner meeting.
Check the COMING EVENTS section frequently for updates on the coming Announcement Event in November as well as Award Presentation in February. Plan on attending as a member or as a guest. Information on how to become an active member is contained in the JOIN US section.
Lincoln Group of New York Award of Achievement
STEVEN SPIELBERG'S LINCOLN
Presented to Tony Kushner, screenwriter
This epic film, which has received outstanding reviews across the nation and twelve Academy Award nominations, was cited by the award committee as a new landmark for a commercially produced film capturing Lincoln’s strength as a president and as an individual.
Pictured left to right: Award Committee Chair Stuart Schneider, Screenwriter Tony Kushner, Award Committee Member Joseph Garrera,
Award Committee Member Paul Ellis-Graham, President Henry Ballone, Vice-President Steve Koppelman
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Lincoln Group of New York Award of Achievement
LINCOLN AND THE TRIUMPH OF THE NATION
Constitutional Conflict in the American Civil War
Dr. Mark E. Neely, Jr., author
Dr. Neely's book Lincoln and the Triumph of the Nation: Constitutional Conflict in the American Civil War was the greatest Lincoln book published for the year. It did more than any other accomplishment to advance our understanding and appreciation for the Lincoln presidency produced last year. The conclusions and vote of our award committee were unanimous. Members of the committee included former Lincoln Group President and museum director Joseph Garrera, Civil War Roundtable President Joseph Truglio, and author Stuart Schneider.
Mark E. Neely, Jr., Joseph Garrera, Stuart Schneider
2010 Winner
Lincoln Group of New York Award of Achievement
THE FIERY TRIAL
Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery
Eric Foner, author
W. W. Norton & Company, publisher c.2010
The award was conferred at a special ceremony and lecture in
In recognizing the significance of this work, Steven R. Koppelman, Chairman of the Award Committee stated,
“The Fiery Trial by Eric Foner is indispensable—it is the final word on Lincoln and the issue of slavery and emancipation.”
Joe Truglio, Steve Koppelman, Eric Foner, Paul Ellis-Graham, Joe Garrera
The Lincoln Group of
2009 Winner
Lincoln Group of New York Award of Achievement
A. LINCOLN
A Biography
Ronald C. White, Jr., author
Random House, publisher c.2009
Steve Koppelman, Ron White, Joe Truglio, Michael Gray
Lincoln Group of New York Award of Achievement
LINCOLN PRESIDENT-ELECT
Abraham Lincoln and the Great Secession Winter 1860-1861
Harold Holzer, author
Simon & Schuster, publisher c.2008
Harold Holzer, Steve Koppelman
Lincoln Group of New York Award of Achievement
THE GETTYSBURG GOSPEL
The Lincoln Speech That Nobody Knows
Gabor Boritt, author
Simon & Schuster, publisher c.2006
Michael Gray, Gabor Boritt, Paul Ellis-Graham
Lincoln Group of New York Award of Achievement
TEAM OF RIVALS
The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Doris Kearns Goodwin, author
Simon & Schuster, publisher c.2005
“Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of
Abraham Lincoln” by Doris
Kearns Goodwin is the winner of the Lincoln Group of New
York’s 2006
Award of Achievement for the best Lincoln work of
the year.
In making the announcement, Award Committee Chair, Richard Sloan stated that he had never read a book that showed Lincoln’s brilliance in the way Ms. Goodwin’s book did. The selection was a unanimous one by the Award Committee, which in addition to Mr. Sloan, is comprised of Professor Heidi Weber and Educator Paul Ellis-Graham.
Henry F. Ballone, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Steve Koppelman
Lincoln Group of New York Award of Achievement
ABRAHAM LINCOLN PRESIDENTIAL MUSEUM
Richard Sloan, chair of the Award Committee announced on November 10, 2005 that the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum in Springfield, Illinois was the unanimous winner of the Lincoln Group of New York’s 2005 Award of Achievement. In announcing the committee’s decision, Sloan explained the difficult task the committee had as there were many worthy and quality entrants. Mr. Sloan explained that the award is given to the individual or organization that has done the most to encourage the study and appreciation of Abraham Lincoln, and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum has done “exactly that.” In addition to Mr. Sloan, the Award Committee is comprised of Professor Heidi Weber and Educator Paul Ellis-Graham.
The Award
was personally presented by the Joseph Garrera, President of the
Lincoln Group
of New York, at the museum in Springfield, Illinois during the
museum’s
one-year anniversary celebration.
In
presenting the award, Mr. Garrera compared the opening of the museum to
the
1922 dedication
of the Lincoln memorial in Washington, DC in terms of its
significance.
Lincoln Group of New York Award of Achievement
LINCOLN AT COOPER UNION
The Speech That Made Abraham Lincoln President
Harold Holzer, author
Simon & Schuster, publisher c.2004
Joseph Garrera, Harold Holzer, Paul Ellis-Graham
Lincoln Group of New York Award of Achievement
WE ARE LINCOLN MEN
Abraham Lincoln and His Friends
David Herbert Donald, author
Simon & Schuster, publisher c.2004
Lincoln Group of New York Award of Achievement
LINCOLN'S VIRTUES
An Ethical Biography
William Lee Miller, author
Vintage, publisher c.2003
Lincoln Group of New York Award of Achievement
BLOOD ON THE MOON
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Dr. Edward Steers, author
The University Press of Kentucky, publisher c.2001
The Lincoln Group of New York, an organization dedicated to studying the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, has conferred its 2001 Award of Achievement upon author Dr. Edward Steers for his book Blood on the Moon: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, published by The University Press of Kentucky 2001.
The award is presented annually to the individual or organization in America that has done the most to encourage the study and appreciation of Abraham Lincoln and the times in which he lived. By winning the award, an oval plaster bas-relief Lincoln portrait surrounded by a cluster of oak leaves and inscribed with words from the Gettysburg Address, Dr. Steers joins a distinguished group of past recipients including Pulitzer Prize winners David Herbert Donald, Gary Wills, and Harold Holzer.
In making this award, The Lincoln Group of New York recognizes that Blood on the Moon is a monumental achievement, one that qualifies as the most significant addition to the literature on Lincoln’s assassination ever written, thereby making it the standard by which all other works of its kind will be judged. Based on numerous primary sources of evidence, Steers provides compelling evidence to overturn the widely held assumption that Dr. Samuel Mudd was simply the victim of a vengeful government out to convict him for providing medical treatment to Booth after the assassination. Steers also documents why the military trial of the conspirators, considered by many illegal and lacking jurisdiction, was accurately and legally conducted.Lincoln Group of New York Award of Achievement
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
and the Forge of National Memory
Barry Schwartz, author
University of Chicago Press, publisher c.2003
Lincoln Group of New York Award of Achievement
1863: THE REBIRTH OF A NATION
Joseph E. Stevens, author
Bantam Books, A Division of Random House, publisher c.1999
The Lincoln Group of New York, an organization dedicated to studying the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, has conferred its 1999 Award of Achievement upon Joseph E. Stevens for his book, 1863: The Rebirth of a Nation, published by Bantam Books, a division of Random House. The award is presented annually to the individual or organization that has done the most to encourage the study and appreciation of Abraham Lincoln, and the times in which he lived. By winning the award, an oval plaster bas-relief Lincoln portrait surrounded by a cluster of oak leaves and inscribed with words from the "Gettysburg Address," Mr. Stevens joins a distinguished group of past recipients including David Herbert Donald, Douglas Wilson, and Harold Holzer. In making this award, the Lincoln Group of New York recognized Stevens' work as the first narrative nonfiction study concentrating solely on the pivotal year of the Civil War, and perhaps in our nation's history. From Lincoln's signing of the Emancipation Proclamation on the first day of the year, to the epic Battle of Gettysburg and Siege of Vicksburg, to the completion of the Capital Building's dome in December, Stevens makes the reader feel like a participant in the events of 1863. Politics, the war, and Lincoln are all covered in Stevens' skillfully written study.
Lincoln Group of New York Award of Achievement
HONOR'S VOICE
The Transformation of Abraham Lincoln
Douglas L. Wilson, author
Knopf, publisher c.1998
Professor Wilson is shown here receiving the 1998 Lincoln Group of New York Award of Achievement from LGNY President Joseph E. Garrera.
Lincoln Group of New York Award of Achievement
THE LINCOLN FORUM
Frank J. Williams, Chair
Lincoln Group of New York Award of Achievement
LINCOLN AT GETTYSBURG
The Words That Remade America
Don E. and Virginia Fehrenbacher, editors
Stanford University Press, publisher c.1996
Lincoln Group of New York Award of Achievement
LINCOLN
David Herbert Donald, author
Simon & Schuster, publisher c.1996
Lincoln Group of New York Award of Achievement
THE HUNTINGTON LIBRARY LINCOLN EXHIBIT
The Last Best Hope On Earth:
Abraham Lincoln and the Promise of America
Messrs. Rhodehamel & Schwartz & Mrs. Taper
Lincoln Group of New York Award of Achievement
HAROLD HOLZER
For his multiple writings on Abraham Lincoln
The Lincoln Douglas Debates
The First Complete, Unexpurgated Text
Fordham University Press, Publisher c.2004
Washington & Lincoln Portrayed
National Icons in Popular Print
Mcfarland & Co. Inc., Publisher c.1993
Dear Mr. Lincoln
Letters to the President
Southern Illinois University Press, Publisher c.2006
Lincoln Group of New York Award of Achievement
LINCOLN AT GETTYSBURG
The Words That Remade America
Garry Wills, author
Simon & Schuster, publisher c.1993
Lincoln Group of New York Award of Achievement
FATE OF LIBERY
Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties
Mark E. Neely, Jr., author
Oxford University Press, publisher c.1992
Lincoln Group of New York Award of Achievement
GOVERNOR MARIO CUOMO
"Lincoln on Democracy" Project
Lincoln Group of New York Award of Achievement
LINCOLN'S SPEECHES AND WRITINGS
Vol. 1: 1832 - 1858, Vol. 2: 1859 - 1865
Don E. Fehrenbacher, author
The Library of America, publisher c.1989
Lincoln Group of New York Award of Achievement
HAROLD HOLZER
For his numerous writings on Abraham Lincoln
"The Gettysburg Address" in American History Illustrated
"A Few Appropriate Remarks" in Cobblestone
"The Lincoln Image" in The Historian's Lincoln