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Todd Brewster has had a remarkable career in both journalism and academia. He worked with both Life magazine and ABC News as a Senior Editor and Producer. When he was with ABC News he teamed with Peter Jennings on two monumental projects, The Century and In Search of America. The Century and In Search of America were mini-series that aired on the History Channel and ABC. In conjunction with the mini-series Todd Brewster and Peter Jennings wrote two bestselling books, The Century and In Search of America. In 2008, Brewster became the Don E. Ackerman Director of Oral History at the United States Military Academy. Brewster established a video archive of including veterans from World War II up to our most recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. In addition to his responsibilities at West Point, Brewster is the Director of The Peter Jennings Project for Journalists and the Constitution. The Project brings in 40 Jennings Fellows each year to study the Constitution in depth. The Project is committed to helping journalists understand how the Constitution reaches into every American's life.
[[File: Lincolnsgamble.jpg|thumbnail|Lincoln's Gamble by Todd Brewster]]
On September 9, 2014 Scribner will publish Brewster's new book entitled [http://www.powells.com/book/lincolns-gamble-the-tumultuous-six-months-that-gave-america-the-emancipation-proclamation-changed-the-course-of-the-civil-war-9781451693898?partnerid=&p_ti Lincoln's Gamble: The Tumultuous Six Months that Gave America the Emancipation Proclamation and Changed the Course of the Civil War]. Brewster's book explores the six months when Lincoln struggled with the war, his cabinet, and how best to free the slaves.
Here's the interview:
