# Now, Appalachia interview with historian Nigel Hamilton

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Podcast: ["Now, Appalachia"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/now-appalachia-17360)
Published: 2025-01-15T03:46:24+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eliot-parker/episodes/Now--Appalachia-interview-with-historian-Nigel-Hamilton-e2tgrkm
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## Resource

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews historian Nigel Hamilton about his latest book: LINCOLN VS. DAVIS: THE WAR OF THE PRESIDENTS. Historian Nigel Hamilton is a New York Times best-selling biographer of General Bernard “Monty” Montgomery, President John F. Kennedy, President Bill Clinton, and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, among other subjects. He has won multiple awards, including the Whitbread Prize and the Templer Medal for Military History.

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