A Special Virtual & In-Person Program

When: October 13, 2026
5:00 p.m. – In-person reception
6:30 p.m. – Cottage Conversation (streamed virtually)
Where: President Lincoln’s Cottage (140 Rock Creek Church Rd NW, Washington, DC) or Virtual

Please join the Abraham Lincoln Association, President Lincoln’s Cottage, and the Lincoln Group of D.C. as we welcome noted historian Matthew Pinsker in conversation with Bloomberg columnist Frank Barry to discuss insights about Abraham Lincoln and the politics of the Civil War from his recent book, Boss Lincoln (WW Norton, 2026). In this new book, Pinsker explores Lincoln as a party leader and his work behind the scenes.

This special program will be hosted at President Lincoln’s Cottage with a virtual attendance option offered for ALA members on Zoom. ALA members can attend this program for free using a code at checkout. For the code, members can check the latest edition of the ALA e-newsletter or email [email protected].

To register, please visit the event page from President Lincoln’s Cottage. 

About the Author:

Matthew Pinsker holds the Brian Pohanka Chair of Civil War History at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and serves as Director of the House Divided Project, a popular educational initiative on nineteenth century US history. Matt has held visiting fellowships at New America Foundation, U.S. Army War College, and the National Constitution Center. He graduated from Harvard College and received a doctorate from the University of Oxford. He is the author of three books, including most recently, Boss Lincoln: The Partisan Life of Abraham Lincoln (W.W. Norton, 2026), which the Wall Street Journal has labeled a “landmark book” and which New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie has called “extraordinarily relevant to our political moment.” Matt also produces a popular Substack series called: What Would Lincoln Do? He appears regularly on TV channels such as C-SPAN, PBS, and A&E’s History.