March 12, 2008
TONY WOLK to discuss his study of Abraham Lincoln
PSU PROFESSOR TONY WOLK TO DISCUSS HIS STUDY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND HIS "LINCOLN OUT OF TIME" BOOK TRILOGY AT THE MARCH 12, 2008 MEETING OF THE CIVIL WAR ROUND TABLE IN PSU's CRAMER HALL ROOM 494 STARTING AT 7:30pm.
At Lincoln's deathbed, Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, reportedly said
"Now he belongs to the ages." PSU English Professor Tony Wolk has taken
this immortality factor a bit further, with his "Lincoln Out of Time" book
trilogy which has just come out with its latest installment *Good
Friday*this past February. Now Wolk will talk about the creative
process that is
bringing this trilogy from manuscripts to published novels in his free
lecture "Lincoln Out of Time" scheduled for the March 12 meeting of the
Civil War Round Table in PSU's Cramer Hall Room 494 starting at 7:30 pm.
The first two installments of the trilogy (the initial offering was Wolk's
2004 Abraham Lincoln: A Novel Life) employ an alternate timeline that
temporarily transports Lincoln to America in 1955, and then details the
consequences of that temporal anomaly. Wolk drew upon 14 years of research
on America's greatest president, to give "a historically accurate feel" to
his depiction of the doomed President in the two installments. Books will be
available at the event.
Dr. Wolk earned his journalism degree at Northwestern University in
1957,and his PhD from the University of Nebraska in 1965 before moving to
PSU where he has been teaching for over 40 years. Even though Wolk had
published several academic articles and book reviews; it took his
co-teaching of a science fiction writing course with award-winning science
fiction writer Ursula LeGuin to awaken in him a desire to write novels and
to create the Lincoln Trilogy.
The Civil War Round Table is an affiliate of the Friends of History the
non-profit support group for the PSU History Department. We hold several
free lectures dealing with the battles, personalities and issues related to
the American Civil War and our meetings are held on the PSU campus during
the regular school year. All meetings are free and open to the public. For
more information please call (503)725-5473, or check out our website at
www.history.pdx.edu/foh/FOHevents
WHAT: Published Oregon Writer and PSU Professor Tony Wolk to discuss how he
is creating and publishing a Lincoln Trilogy at the March 12 meeting of the
Civil War Round Table at PSU. Books for sale at the event.
WHEN: Wednesday, March 12, 2008
TIME: 7:30pm
COST: Free and open to the public
CONTACT: History dept at (503)725-3917 or 5-5473.
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