William C. Harris | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Author and Historian |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Alabama |
| Subject | Civil War |
| Notable awards | Lincoln Prize 2012 |
William C. Harris is Professor Emeritus of History at North Carolina State University. In 2012, he was co-winner of the 2012 Lincoln Prize (shared with Elizabeth D. Leonard).[1]
Education
He began graduate school in 1958 at the University of Alabama.[2]
Career
Harris served in the U.S. Air Force before graduate school.[2]
He is also on the Advisory Council of Ford's Theatre[3] and serves on the Board of Advisors for Knox College's Lincoln Studies Center.[4]
Awards
Harris's With charity for all: Lincoln and the restoration of the Union came in second place for the Lincoln Prize in 1998.[5] He then received the Lincoln Diploma of Honor from the Lincoln Memorial University in 2003.[1]
In 2008, Harris's writing was also awarded Henry Adams Prize offered by the Society for History in the Federal Government with his book Lincoln's Rise to the Presidency [6][7]
Most notably, Harris was awarded the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize in 2012.[8]
Publications
- Presidential Reconstruction in Mississippi. Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University [1967]. OCLC 647759
- The day of the carpetbagger: Republican Reconstruction in Mississippi. Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 1979. ISBN 9780807103661. OCLC 3915482
- William Woods Holden: firebrand of North Carolina politics. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1987. ISBN 9780807113257. OCLC 15109349
- With charity for all: Lincoln and the restoration of the Union. Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky, 1997. ISBN 9780813109718. OCLC 35574529
- Lincoln's last months. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2004. ISBN 9780674011991. OCLC 52858521
- Lincoln's rise to the presidency. Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, 2007. ISBN 9780700615209. OCLC 77270665
- Lincoln and the Border States: preserving the Union. Lawrence, Kan.: University Press of Kansas, 2011. ISBN 9780700618040. OCLC 714731538
- Lincoln and the Union governors. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2013. ISBN 9780809332885. OCLC 832706403
- Two against Lincoln: Reverdy Johnson and Horatio Seymour, Champions of the Loyal Opposition. Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, 2017. ISBN 978-0700624126. OCLC 963736321
References
- 1 2 "2012 Lincoln Prize awarded to books that explore Lincoln's relationship with border states, Joseph Holt". gilderlehrman.org.
- 1 2 "A conversation with William C. Harris". The Abraham Lincoln Institute. 22 April 2012.
- ↑ "Advisory Council". fordstheatre.org.
- ↑ "Board of Advisors". knox.edu.
- ↑ "Lincoln Prize Books".
- ↑ "Society for History in the Federal Government Henry Adams/George Pendleton Book Awards Call for Submissions". h-net.org.
- ↑ "Lincoln's Rise to the Presidency - Subjects". ku.edu.
- ↑ "Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize". gilderlehrman.org.