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Ted Widmer @ted_widmer

History teacher; Dad; author of "Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to Washington"; simonandschuster.com/books/L……

Joined April 2020
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thanks to @nytimesbooks for publishing this review today nytimes.com/2025/06/07/books…

John Hancock Was More Than Just a Pretty Signature (Published 2025)

A new biography by Willard Sterne Randall shows how 18th-century Boston’s most popular businessman put his mark on the American Revolution.

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Ted Widmer@ted_widmer
14 May 2025
grateful to @GlobeIdeas for publishing this today bostonglobe.com/2025/05/14/o…

Harvard defeats tyranny. (At least, it did 250 years ago.) - The Boston Globe

The university’s challenge to the Trump administration is an echo from the American Revolution.

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Boston Globe Opinion@GlobeOpinion
4 Apr 2025
The American Revolution is not simple to define, writes @ted_widmer. Was it the war? Or was it the struggle to build a new nation and a better kind of society than the world had known? That remains a work in progress. #Revolution250 trib.al/YvXcDqU

The legacy of the Revolution is still up for grabs - The Boston Globe

The War of Independence brought the United States together. Today we're divided over what it all meant.

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Proud to be part of a team with @GlobeOpinion publishing a new series of articles about the American Revolution, bostonglobe.com/2025/04/03/o…

The legacy of the Revolution is still up for grabs - The Boston Globe

The War of Independence brought the United States together. Today we're divided over what it all meant.

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@ConstitutionCtr
17 Jan 2025
The day after the 2025 presidential inauguration, join @KateMasur, @ted_widmer, & Michael Gerhardt as they reflect on inaugural addresses throughout history. @RosenJeffrey moderates. Register to attend #AmericasTownHall on Jan. 21 at Noon ET: ow.ly/XsFo50UHREo
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The New York Historical@NYHistory
9 Jan 2025
Join @mawaldman and @ted_widmer—both former speechwriters for President Bill Clinton—to examine the history of the nation's most important political speech and its role in the peaceful transition of power. bit.ly/3DDaeTw
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Ted Widmer@ted_widmer
29 May 2024
Grateful to @nytbooks for publishing this fun review nytimes.com/2024/05/29/books…

The 6 Women Who Shaped America’s Most Macho President (Published 2024)

In “The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt,” Edward F. O’Keefe explores the informal kitchen cabinet that helped Roosevelt, the 26th president, speak softly and carry a big stick.

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Alice Cooper@CopperLampshade
9 Dec 2023
Replying to @ted_widmer @MartinPengelly @GuardianUS @Liz_Cheney
This is lovely. I’ve read your book three times so far and find new nuggets each time. And somehow, I’ve read Liz’s twice already. You both are national treasures.
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Grateful to @MartinPengelly and @GuardianUS for publishing this today. And also to @Liz_Cheney for putting country before party.
Martin Pengelly@MartinPengelly
9 Dec 2023
.⁦@Liz_Cheney⁩ read my book: a historian, Lincoln and the lessons of January 6 | ⁦@ted_widmer⁩ | The Guardian theguardian.com/books/2023/d…
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Ted Widmer@ted_widmer
12 Oct 2023
Will miss this great American nytimes.com/2023/10/12/arts/…

Rudolph Isley, an Original and Enduring Isley Brother, Dies at 84 (Published 2023)

He provided harmony vocals and the occasional lead. He also helped write some of the group’s biggest hits, including “Shout,” “Fight the Power” and “That Lady.”

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Ted Widmer@ted_widmer
31 Jul 2023
Can't wait to read!
Martin Pengelly@MartinPengelly
31 Jul 2023
Came up with the below in 2019, suspecting I’d never actually write a book. Then met @ted_widmer and thus @GodinePub, and in short order BROTHERHOOD: WHEN WEST POINT RUGBY WENT TO WAR was born. Lucky me. tinyurl.com/Brotherhood-book
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Ted Widmer@ted_widmer
22 Jul 2023
And grateful again to @wsj for publishing this remembrance of Nixon's tapes, revealed to exist fifty years ago, July 1973 wsj.com/articles/the-tapes-t…

Essay | The Tapes That Doomed Nixon’s Presidency

The secret recordings and the Watergate scandal they exposed still reverberate a half-century later.

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22 Jul 2023
Grateful to @WSJ for publishing a Beatle book review yesterday wsj.com/articles/1964-review…

‘1964’ Review: Meet the Beatles

Paul McCartney, a talented amateur photographer, captured the excitement of Beatlemania with his ever-ready Pentax.

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Ted Widmer@ted_widmer
17 May 2023
huge congrats to @MartinPengelly!
Martin Pengelly@MartinPengelly
17 May 2023
Eight years ago this month, I was starting research on the West Point rugby team of 2002 and what happened to them in Iraq and elsewhere. Now, thanks to @GodinePub (and to the great @Ted_Widmer) the story is going to be a book. Out 17 October. Order: tinyurl.com/mry9cphy
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17 May 2023
grateful to @nytimes and @nytimesbooks for publishing this book review today nytimes.com/2023/05/17/books…

How an Unconventional Approach to Religion Helped Shape a Divided Nation (Published 2023)

In “Lincoln’s God,” Joshua Zeitz examines the 16th president’s personal and idiosyncratic brand of Christianity.

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thanks to @KevinMKruse and to the Society for this great honor
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Ted Widmer@ted_widmer
18 Mar 2023
with so much bad news, this story came as a welcome surprise washingtonpost.com/nation/20…

Developers demolished a historic pub. They must rebuild from the rubble.

The owner who demolished a pub in Hurst Green, a British village, has been ordered to rebuild it from its rubble.

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Proud to be represented by @SenWhitehouse. Great NYT profile just up: nytimes.com/2023/03/07/clima…

Same Message, Bigger Audience: Sen. Whitehouse Flags Climate Costs (Published 2023)

For more than a decade, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse gave daily warnings about the mounting threat of climate change. Now he has a powerful new perch.

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Dean David Marchick
@DeanMarchick
21 Feb 2023
Reminiscent of @ted_widmer in his book Lincoln on the Verge describing the last most dangerous train trip - by President Elect Lincoln in 1860. @JakeSullivan46 inspiring and amazing leadership.
Dean David Marchick
@DeanMarchick
21 Feb 2023
Gripping story by ⁦@peterbakernyt⁩ "Never in Mr. Biden’s lifetime had a president ventured into a war zone that was not under the control of American forces, much less on a relatively slow-moving locomotive that would take nine and a half hours" nytimes.com/2023/02/20/us/po…
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Robert Draper@DraperRobert
17 Feb 2023
Lincoln on the Verge is a fabulous book on multiple levels: brilliant writing, assiduous research & an acute focus on a largely-overlooked moment in history that resonates deeply at this time. @ted_widmer did a masterful job. (Also, should be a movie.)
Martin Pengelly@MartinPengelly
16 Feb 2023
Resounding RT for this recommendation of Lincoln on the Verge by the great @ted_widmer, a book that informed @Liz_Cheney in her response to Trump’s election subversion and January 6, which we know thanks to @DraperRobert… amp.theguardian.com/books/20…
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