Land of Lincoln Readers: A Conversation with Lincoln and Douglas
Date: Wed. August 12, 2009
Time: 6:00 pm
Location:
Harold Washington Library Center
Cindy Pritzker Auditorium
400 S. State Street
60605
Program: Summer Reads for Adults
About this event:
“Fire on the prairie” is the way one newspaper in 1858 described the now famous debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas. Professional actors George Buss and Tim Connors will reenact and reminisce about the debates in the form of a modern-day press conference.

