2023-2024 Book Tour

I am pleased to announce the book tour for On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, which will be published on October 31. More links will be provided for both in-person and virtual events as they become available.

Please note which events are virtual: 💻

Oct 30 Washington, DC 6:30 p.m.
The National Press Club
Book Launch hosted by The Trinity Forum with TTF President Cherie Harder

Oct 31 Abraham Lincoln Book Shop of Chicago, 3:30 p.m. Central Time
Day of Release Zoom Interview with Daniel Weinberg
https://alincolnbookshop.com/a-house-divided/ronald-c-white-jr/

Nov 1 Philadelphia 6:00 p.m.
Union League of Philadelphia
https://www.youtube.com/live/Vzjmm_QwQwo?si=gk3qMk5Pp04ggzPM

Nov 2 Princeton, NJ 7 p.m.
Barnes and Noble Book Store, 3535 US Route 1, #400
With Princeton University Civil War Historian Jamea McPherson

Nov 7 New York 6:00 p.m.
The Union League Club of New York

Nov 8 Brunswick, ME 6:30 p.m.
Bowdoin College & Pejepscot History Center

Nov 14 Springfield, IL 7 p.m., Central Time [Virtual]
Lincoln Presidential Foundation
Four Score Speakers Series
https://youtu.be/M0qr3ZWYoOY?si=sgCHwSkuy3pwLb7i

Nov 17 Gettysburg, PA
The Lincoln Forum

Nov 21 Louisville, KY 6 p.m.
The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts
Gertrude Polk Brown Lecture Series
Hosted by the Filson Historical Society
https://tickets.kentuckyperformingarts.org/22003

Nov 28 Nashville, TN 6:30 p.m.
Parnassus Books with Jon Meacham

Dec 6 Pasadena, CA 7 p.m.
Vroman’s Book Store

Dec 12 Pasadena, CA
Valley Hunt Club

Jan 14 San Marino, CA 3 p.m.
San Marino Community Church

Jan 17 Dallas, TX, Luncheon
Park City Club

Jan 25 Seattle, WA 7 p.m.
Seattle Pacific University

Feb 21 Spokane, WA
Whitworth University

Mar 11 Palm Springs, CA
The Committee of Twenty-Five

Mar 21 Los Angeles, CA
Jonanthan Club
Meet the Author

Mar 26 Pasadena, CA
Pasadena Civil War Round Table

May 16 New York, NY
Union League Club
Socrates in the City

June 7-9 Gettysburg, PA
Gettysburg College: Civil War Institute

June 22 Santa Barbara, CA
Birnam Wood Golf Club

August 6 South Portland, Maine 5 p.m.
Barnes & Noble @ Maine Crossing
200 Running Hill Rd 04106

August 12 Brunswick, Maine, 4:30 p.m.
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Museum

August 13 Belfast, Maine
Left Bank Books 6:30 pm

September 14 Manchester, VT
Hildene – the Lincoln Family Home
Dedication of Lincoln Hall

September 17 New York, NY
Civil War Round Table of New York 6:00 pm
Villa Mosconi Restaurant, 69 Macdougal St

2023 Events

Jan 31 Honolulu, HI
Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii

Feb 14 Los Angeles, CA
The Jonathan Club

Feb 15 Pasadena, CA
Rotary Club of Pasadena

Feb 27 Palm Springs, CA
The Committee of Twenty-Five

July 18 Nantucket, MA
White House Historical Association

Sept 28 Kenosha, WI
Carthage College

OCT 18 Richmond, VA
Virginia Museum of History & Culture
J. Harvie Wilkinson, Jr. Lecture

OCT 18 Richmond, VA
Virginia Museum of History & Culture
J. Harvie Wilkinson, Jr. Lecture

2022 Events

Jan 27 Louisville, KY
💻 Filson Historical Society
Gertrude Polk Brown Lecture Series

Feb 9 💻 Civil War Round Table of New York
Barondess/Lincoln Award for Lincoln in Private

Mar 14 Dallas, TX
White House Historical Association
2022 Presidential Sites Summit

Mar 16 Waco, Texas
Baylor University School of Law

Mar 26 Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum

Apr 21 Fort Wayne, IN
Friends of Abraham Lincoln
2022 McMurtry Lecture

Apr 23 Janesville, Wisconsin
Lincoln Fellowship of Wisconsin

Apr 26 Washington, D.C.
United States Capitol Historical Society
Link: “Ulysses S. Grant Bicentennial Commemoration”

Apr 26 Philadelphia, PA
Union League Club of Philadelphia
Grant is Rising at 200

Apr 27 New York, NY
Grant Monument Association
200th Birthday of Ulysses S. Grant
Colloquy hosted by Gen. David Petraeus with Ron Chernow and Ron White

Apr 28 New York, NY
Union League of New York

May 5 Arcadia, CA
USC Arcadia Hospital Rose Society

June 17 Los Angeles, CA
The Jonathan Club

July 3 Washington, D.C.
💻 National Presbyterian Church

Oct 13 Spokane, WA
Whitworth University

Nov 6 Santa Barbara, CA
First Presbyterian Church

Nov 16 Denver, CO
White House Historical Association

Webinars & Event Videos

Recent webinars, online discussions and interviews.

American POTUS Podcast

Lincoln: His Private Notes to Himself

News Books Network

Conversation with Zach McCulley

History Happy Hour

Conversation with Dr. Collen Shogan

The Lincoln Forum

Conversation with Harold Holzer

With The Bark Off

Conversations From The LBJ Presidential Library

The Trinity Forum

Online Conversation | Lincoln in Private: Leadership Behind Closed Doors, with Ron White

San Marino Community Church

Join Dr. Ron White, as he discusses his new book, Lincoln in Private

American POTUS Podcast

The Character & Leadership of Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln’s Greatest Speech

Ron White with the White House Historical Association on Lincoln’s Greatest Speech.

Podcast: Ulysses S. Grant v. the World

OHIO v. the WORLD » Episode 2: Ulysses S. Grat v. the World with Alex Hastie.

Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies

Lunch & Learn with Gleaves Whitney

Leadership in Tumultuous Times

Ron White with The Trinity Forum Leadership in Tumultuous Times.

Getting Right with Lincoln

Ron White with White House Historical Association on Getting Right with Lincoln.

Abraham Lincoln Notes for a Law Lecture

Ron White with Baylor University Law School

Events Photo Gallery

A collection of photos from Ron’s American Ulysses book tour.

Gen David Petraeus and Ronald White
Gen David Petraeus and Ronald White
Ronald White Hauenstein Center
Ronald White in Grand Rapids
Ronald White Book Signing
university-club-chicago
Ronald White and Pete Wehner Trinity Forum

Recent Past Events

Info for Event Hosts

BOOKS

My strong preference is to do a book signing in connection with every speaking event.  I encourage you to work with your local bookstore to order books well in advance of the event. Often they can arrange discounts and sometimes will even send a person to coordinate sales at the event.

Here are the titles (and corresponding ISBN numbers) of the books I have written on Lincoln:

Lincoln In Private (Hardcover)
Publisher: Random House
ISBN-10: 1400064996

A. Lincoln: A Biography (Hardcover)
Publisher: Random House
ISBN-10: 9781984855091

A. Lincoln: A Biography [Audiobook]
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
ISBN-10: 1423377249

The Eloquent President: A Portrait of Lincoln Through His Words (Paperback)
Publisher: Random House
ISBN-10: 0812970462

Lincoln’s Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural (Paperback)
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10: 0743212991