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The Frontier in the Presidency
The speaker works as the chief historian for Emerging Civil War, a blog focusing on accessible history writing. They are organizing a conference on the frontier in the presidency, looking at presidents in the West. The speaker is also considering writing a book on Abraham Lincoln. The speaker's recent book, 'The Army Underfire Anti-Militarism in the Civil War era', prominently features Grant as both a soldier and president.