In today's column, The Des Moines Register's David Yepsen quoted from a book about Abraham Lincoln's firstsuccessful presidential campaign. The book — The Great Comeback: How Abraham Lincoln Beat the Odds To Win the 1860 Republican Presidential Nomination – is written by Gary Ecelbarger. Ecelbarger is the husband of one of my college roommates, Carolyn. Carolyn and I were dorm friends who lived on a floor called "Vollmer." We shared an apartment one summer where I learned to appreciate the whole wheat spaghetti Carolyn ate to fuel her long-distance runs. The apartment was also the site of our first exposure to MTV.
Here's the Amazon link for Gary's book. This is Gary's website.
About O.Kay Henderson
Kay is a founding member of the Radio Iowa network newsroom. In 1994, she became the network’s news director. She’s a featured reporter and commentator on Iowa Public Television’s “Iowa Press,” and the 2002 recipient of the Shelley Award.
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