dr. brian dirck, who is a professor at anderson university in anderson, indiana. yet several books about abraham and can, including his first book which was a comparison of abraham lincoln and jefferson davis. he also wrote "lincoln the lawyer," which probably everyone in this room has read. he wrote "lincoln and the constitution," and "lincoln and america.". he will be talking about his newest book, "lincoln in indiana." that is where lincoln spent his formative years. us howoing to tell important that was to lincoln's life. please welcome dr. brian dirck. [applause] is my powerpoint -- oh. it is good to go. try -- nothing is happening. hold on a second. back.you for inviting me this is actually my third visit to the lincoln group. i have very fond memories of you guys. i don't know if any of you were here the first time i was here way back, i want to say in the year 2000. was a freshly minted professor at my university with my first book humming out and you guys were my very first book talk, and i was petrified. [laughter] prof. dirck: i was literally like, oh m

dr. brian dirck, who is a professor at anderson university in anderson, indiana. yet several books about abraham and can, including his first book which was a comparison of abraham lincoln and jefferson davis. he also wrote "lincoln the lawyer," which probably everyone in this room has read.