Richard Nelson Current (1912–2012)
Author of The Lincoln Nobody Knows
About the Author
Born in Colorado City, Colorado, on October 5, 1912, Richard Nelson Current received his B.A. from Oberlin College and went on to earn an M.S. at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a Ph.D. in history (1939) at the University of Wisconsin. Current taught at a number of show more institutions, including Rutgers University, Lawrence College, Mills College, the University of Illinois, and the University of Wisconsin before becoming Distinguished Professor of American History at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (1966--1983). He also taught in Japan, India, the Netherlands, Australia, Chile, and Germany. He was Harmsworth Professor at Oxford University. Current wrote about historical subjects ranging from the invention of the typewriter to American diplomacy. In 2000, he won the Lincoln Prize for lifetime achievement in the area of best non-fiction historical work pertaining to the American Civil War . Current died on October 26, 2012 at age 100. He is buried in Greensboro, NC. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Richard Nelson Current
Words That Made American History: Volume One — Editor — 4 copies
Unity, ethnicity & Abraham Lincoln 2 copies
Words that Made American History Since the Civil War (Second Edition) (Selected Readings) (1965) 2 copies
American History: A Summary 1 copy
Associated Works
"We Cannot Escape History": Lincoln and the Last Best Hope of Earth (1995) — Contributor — 35 copies
Daniel Webster, "The Completest Man": Documents from The Papers of Daniel Webster (1990) — Contributor — 17 copies
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- Legal name
- Current, Richard Nelson
- Birthdate
- 1912-10-05
- Date of death
- 2012-10-26
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Colorado City, Colorado, USA
- Place of death
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Education
- Oberlin College
Tufts University
University of Wisconsin (PhD|1940) - Occupations
- Professor of History, UNC-Greensboro
- Organizations
- Southern Historical Association (president | 1975)
- Awards and honors
- Bruce Catton Prize for Lifetime Achievement (1998)
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Reviews
Daniel Webster and the Rise of National Conservatism by Richard N. Current
1/22/23
A very nice selection of important writings by Lincoln that demonstrate some of his major political ideas and political philosophies. A nice, portable edition that provides quick and easy access to primary source material on an extremely consequential historical figure.
Has some very interesting information I didn't know much about, but also has some very questionable information and viewpoints he goes off in a titrate about so you question the validity of the new information. Covers two haphazard points of view, not necessarily apposing and you wonder what was the point comparison he is trying to make, thus some new view points to add to my research.
2352 Those Terrible Carpetbaggers, by Richard Nelson Current (read 25 Dec 1990) This is a 1988 book by a professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, who has written a lot on American history but of whom I had never previously heard. This book is a workmanlike account of the careers of ten carpetbaggers. The book hopped from career to career and then back again, which really made the book too diffused. But I am thoroughly sold on the thesis that Reconstruction was not a bad time for the South except as it was made such by the South's racism.… (more)
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- Works
- 58
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- 8
- Members
- 993
- Popularity
- #25,942
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 10
- ISBNs
- 65