Larry Mantle talks with Allen Guelzo, author of the new book, "Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates that Defined America" (Simon & Schuster). This year marks the 150th anniversary of the debates, and this book is the first narrative history of the Lincoln-Douglas debates and the campaigns that shaped them. Guelzo draws on newspapers, letters, diaries and vote ledgers of the time, and shows how these debates were the most momentous in American history and how they shaped today's elections and debates.
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