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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Abraham Lincoln; Abraham Lincoln; Abraham Lincoln; Abraham Lincoln |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
G S Boritt |
| ISBN: | 0195144589 9780195144581 |
| OCLC Number: | 45308745 |
| Description: | xxvii, 324 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Did he dream of a lily-white America? The voyage to Linconia / Gabor Boritt -- Young man Lincoln / Douglas L. Wilson -- Mary and Abraham : a marriage / Jean H. Baker -- Military fantasies / Gerald J. Prokopowicz -- Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis as commanders in chief / David Herbert Donald -- Apple of gold in a picture of silver : the Constitution and liberty / Allen C. Guelzo -- Toward Appomattox, toward unconditional surrender? / William C. Harris -- The riddle of death / Robert V. Bruce -- Epilogue : Lincoln in "modern" art / Harold Holzer and Gabor Boritt. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Gabor Boritt. |
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Abstract:
This title is a provocative look at controversial aspects of Abraham Lincoln, with each chapter written by a leading Lincoln scholar, including two Pulitzer Prize and three Lincoln Prize winners.
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Is an engaging collection of lucid essays that provides an excellent introduction to Lincoln scholarship for the general reader ... The collection contains several original and persuasive essays. The Journal of American History Contributes richly to Lincoln studies. Times Literary Supplement Each essay is a tiny gem of originality and insight; taken together, they form a splendid whole which goes as far as any single book to illuminate the Lincoln enigma. Doris Kearns Goodwin, PBS and NBC commentator, author of the Pulitzer Prize winning bestseller, No Ordinary Time, and of Wait Till Next Year Read more...
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