Down the Rabbit Hole: Discovering Abraham Lincoln’s 1858 Time Capsule
Tue, Sep 17
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Publisher and Lincoln collector Ross E. Heller presents the story behind his book on finding a rare scrapbook of the 1858 senate campaign and the debates with Stephen Douglas.
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Sep 17, 2024, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
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About the Event
Publisher and editor Ross E. Heller is a member of the Lincoln Group who made an extraordinary Lincoln artifact discovery. Ross fell into what turned out to be his personal ‘rabbit hole’ in June 2021. That’s when he bought a hundred-year-old book; an obscure 1924 volume entitled: “In the Footsteps of the Lincolns.” This book was written by turn-of-the-last-century author and Lincoln devotee Ida Minerva Tarbell. In reading her book, Heller learned about the 1858 ‘scrapbook’ and Capt. James N. Brown and his sons and the 1901 Facsimile. Ida Tarbell described the scrapbook’s Facsimile even in 1924 as both "rare and scarce." That key phrase resonated. That in 1924 – 100 years ago – this 1901 book – then twenty years old – was already both rare and scarce!
Ross took this as a clarion call to him as a collector of the obscure! He found a copy which showed every bit of its age. But also showed it was out of copyright, which gave this publishing entrepreneur an idea. Might not modern Lincoln followers also find the contents of this old book of interest? And, if so, how about reprinting it?
Down the Rabbit Hole: Discovering Abraham Lincoln’s 1858 Time Capsule is the title of the power point presentation Ross Heller will give pertaining to his 2022 book “by Abraham Lincoln: His 1858 Time Capsule.” Heller’s book provides a 21st century look at Abraham Lincoln’s long-forgotten 19th century 1858 Senate campaign ‘scrapbook,' a volume that was only reprinted via a now-rare facsimile in 1901. Heller's book and presentation also tell the story of the 1901 “Facsimile’s” publication as well as how he discovered and brought Lincoln’s 1858 words to life, 164-years after they were written.
This will be our first meeting after the summer break. It will be Zoom-only on September 17, 2024 at 6 p.m. eastern time. The link is shown at the top of this notice. Please let us know of your attendance by registering with the RSVP button. If requested, the Zoom Passcode is 269389