About the Author

RONALD C. WHITE, JR. is the author of Lincoln's Greatest Speech and The Eloquent President. He earned his Ph.D. at Princeton and has lectured on Lincoln at hundreds of universities and organizations including Gettysburg and the White House. He is presently a fellow at the Huntington Library and a visiting professor of history at UCLA. He lives in La Ca�ada, California. Bill Weideman has been active in theater since the 1st grade, and this interest led him to an undergraduate degree from Michigan State in Radio and TV broadcasting. He helped found the Ionia Community Theater, and has performed with Central Park Players, Muskegon Civic Theater, and other regional theater groups. Bill has narrated and directed for Brilliance for the past 20 years. His repertoire includes everything from thrillers to romance to westerns to science fiction. Bill is also well-known in West Michigan as the patriarch of the Weideman Family Band, and he and his wife Barb recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.