Jonathan Earle is a historian, a professor at Louisiana State University, and also the dean of the Ogden Honors College at LSU. He’s authored and edited many books and articles that focus on the antebellum period. I recently spoke with him about his newest book, He Has The People: Abraham Lincoln and the Election of 1860, which looks at Lincoln in the four years leading up to his unlikely nomination and election. Here’s our conversation.
He Has the People: Abraham Lincoln and the Election of 1860 by Jonathan Earle was published by Oxford University Press.
Editors: Lu Anne Stephens & Haley Crowson
Producer: Haley Crowson
Theme Music: Torin Andersen
Host: Beth Golay
