2023-2024 Book Tour
I am pleased to announce the book tour for On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, which will be published on October 31. More links will be provided for both in-person and virtual events as they become available.
Please note which events are virtual: 💻
Oct 30 Washington, DC 6:30 p.m.
The National Press Club
Book Launch hosted by The Trinity Forum with TTF President Cherie Harder
Oct 31 Abraham Lincoln Book Shop of Chicago, 3:30 p.m. Central Time
Day of Release Zoom Interview with Daniel Weinberg
https://alincolnbookshop.com/a-house-divided/ronald-c-white-jr/
Nov 1 Philadelphia 6:00 p.m.
Union League of Philadelphia
https://www.youtube.com/live/Vzjmm_QwQwo?si=gk3qMk5Pp04ggzPM
Nov 2 Princeton, NJ 7 p.m.
Barnes and Noble Book Store, 3535 US Route 1, #400
With Princeton University Civil War Historian Jamea McPherson
Nov 7 New York 6:00 p.m.
The Union League Club of New York
Nov 8 Brunswick, ME 6:30 p.m.
Bowdoin College & Pejepscot History Center
Nov 14 Springfield, IL 7 p.m., Central Time [Virtual]
Lincoln Presidential Foundation
Four Score Speakers Series
https://youtu.be/M0qr3ZWYoOY?si=sgCHwSkuy3pwLb7i
Nov 17 Gettysburg, PA
The Lincoln Forum
Nov 21 Louisville, KY 6 p.m.
The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts
Gertrude Polk Brown Lecture Series
Hosted by the Filson Historical Society
https://tickets.kentuckyperformingarts.org/22003
Nov 28 Nashville, TN 6:30 p.m.
Parnassus Books with Jon Meacham
Dec 6 Pasadena, CA 7 p.m.
Vroman’s Book Store
Dec 12 Pasadena, CA
Valley Hunt Club
Jan 14 San Marino, CA 3 p.m.
San Marino Community Church
Jan 17 Dallas, TX, Luncheon
Park City Club
Jan 25 Seattle, WA 7 p.m.
Seattle Pacific University
Feb 21 Spokane, WA
Whitworth University
Mar 11 Palm Springs, CA
The Committee of Twenty-Five
Mar 21 Los Angeles, CA
Jonanthan Club
Meet the Author
Mar 26 Pasadena, CA
Pasadena Civil War Round Table
May 16 New York, NY
Union League Club
Socrates in the City
June 7-9 Gettysburg, PA
Gettysburg College: Civil War Institute
June 22 Santa Barbara, CA
Birnam Wood Golf Club
August 6 South Portland, Maine 5 p.m.
Barnes & Noble @ Maine Crossing
200 Running Hill Rd 04106
August 12 Brunswick, Maine, 4:30 p.m.
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Museum
August 13 Belfast, Maine
Left Bank Books 6:30 pm
September 14 Manchester, VT
Hildene – the Lincoln Family Home
Dedication of Lincoln Hall
September 17 New York, NY
Civil War Round Table of New York 6:00 pm
Villa Mosconi Restaurant, 69 Macdougal St
2023 Events
Jan 31 Honolulu, HI
Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii
Feb 14 Los Angeles, CA
The Jonathan Club
Feb 15 Pasadena, CA
Rotary Club of Pasadena
Feb 27 Palm Springs, CA
The Committee of Twenty-Five
July 18 Nantucket, MA
White House Historical Association
Sept 28 Kenosha, WI
Carthage College
OCT 18 Richmond, VA
Virginia Museum of History & Culture
J. Harvie Wilkinson, Jr. Lecture
OCT 18 Richmond, VA
Virginia Museum of History & Culture
J. Harvie Wilkinson, Jr. Lecture
2022 Events
Jan 27 Louisville, KY
💻 Filson Historical Society
Gertrude Polk Brown Lecture Series
Feb 9 💻 Civil War Round Table of New York
Barondess/Lincoln Award for Lincoln in Private
Mar 14 Dallas, TX
White House Historical Association
2022 Presidential Sites Summit
Mar 16 Waco, Texas
Baylor University School of Law
Mar 26 Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum
Apr 21 Fort Wayne, IN
Friends of Abraham Lincoln
2022 McMurtry Lecture
Apr 23 Janesville, Wisconsin
Lincoln Fellowship of Wisconsin
Apr 26 Washington, D.C.
United States Capitol Historical Society
Link: “Ulysses S. Grant Bicentennial Commemoration”
Apr 26 Philadelphia, PA
Union League Club of Philadelphia
“Grant is Rising at 200“
Apr 27 New York, NY
Grant Monument Association
200th Birthday of Ulysses S. Grant
Colloquy hosted by Gen. David Petraeus with Ron Chernow and Ron White
Apr 28 New York, NY
Union League of New York
May 5 Arcadia, CA
USC Arcadia Hospital Rose Society
June 17 Los Angeles, CA
The Jonathan Club
July 3 Washington, D.C.
💻 National Presbyterian Church
Oct 13 Spokane, WA
Whitworth University
Nov 6 Santa Barbara, CA
First Presbyterian Church
Nov 16 Denver, CO
White House Historical Association
Webinars & Event Videos
Recent webinars, online discussions and interviews.
American POTUS Podcast
Lincoln: His Private Notes to Himself
News Books Network
Conversation with Zach McCulley
History Happy Hour
Conversation with Dr. Collen Shogan
The Lincoln Forum
Conversation with Harold Holzer
With The Bark Off
Conversations From The LBJ Presidential Library
The Trinity Forum
Online Conversation | Lincoln in Private: Leadership Behind Closed Doors, with Ron White
San Marino Community Church
Join Dr. Ron White, as he discusses his new book, Lincoln in Private
American POTUS Podcast
The Character & Leadership of Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln’s Greatest Speech
Ron White with the White House Historical Association on Lincoln’s Greatest Speech.
Podcast: Ulysses S. Grant v. the World
OHIO v. the WORLD » Episode 2: Ulysses S. Grat v. the World with Alex Hastie.
Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies
Lunch & Learn with Gleaves Whitney
Leadership in Tumultuous Times
Ron White with The Trinity Forum Leadership in Tumultuous Times.
Getting Right with Lincoln
Ron White with White House Historical Association on Getting Right with Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln Notes for a Law Lecture
Ron White with Baylor University Law School
Events Photo Gallery
A collection of photos from Ron’s American Ulysses book tour.
Info for Event Hosts
BOOKS
My strong preference is to do a book signing in connection with every speaking event. I encourage you to work with your local bookstore to order books well in advance of the event. Often they can arrange discounts and sometimes will even send a person to coordinate sales at the event.
Here are the titles (and corresponding ISBN numbers) of the books I have written on Lincoln:
Lincoln In Private (Hardcover)
Publisher: Random House
ISBN-10: 1400064996
A. Lincoln: A Biography (Hardcover)
Publisher: Random House
ISBN-10: 9781984855091
A. Lincoln: A Biography [Audiobook]
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
ISBN-10: 1423377249
The Eloquent President: A Portrait of Lincoln Through His Words (Paperback)
Publisher: Random House
ISBN-10: 0812970462
Lincoln’s Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural (Paperback)
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10: 0743212991