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Abraham Lincoln : great Ame...
In a handsome, gift-quality volume celebrating the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth, America's top Lincoln historians offer their diverse perspectives on the life and legacy of America's sixteenth president. Spanning Lincoln's life-from his early career as a Springfield lawyer, to his presidential reign during one of America's most troubled historical periods, to his assassination in 1865-these essays, developed from original C-SPAN interviews, provide a compelling, composite portrait of Lincoln, one that offers up new stories and fresh insights on a defining leader. Edited by C-SPAN's Bri
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AU@ 000051427933 AU@ 000054167091 DEBBG BV043112177 DEBSZ 422063169 B56C6B3E-41D3-4104-8140-565B6CC6A010 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com N$T eng pn N$T OCLCQ EBLCP E7B OCLCQ TEFOD MERUC OCLCQ TEFOD OCLCF OCLCQ IET CGU TR7RH TEFOD YDXCP RECBK TEFOD OCLCQ AGLDB OCLCQ OCLCO M8D D6H OCLCQ VTS OCLCQ STF REC OCLCQ G3B OCL OCLCO OCLCQ DKC OCLCO OCLCQ UMK OCL OCLCQ OCLCO OCLCQ OCL OCLCO OCLCL CNNOR CLOUD n-us--- BIO 006000 bisacsh HIS 036050 bisacsh 973.7092 B 22 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ddc/E337p8W69JVKpXwRGJtvbmvmBb Abraham Lincoln great American historians on our sixteenth president Brian Lamb and Susan Swain, editors 1st ed New York PublicAffairs 2008 New York New York PublicAffairs 1 online resource (xxiii, 371 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) color illustrations, maps 1 online resource (xxiii, 371 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) Text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Log cabin to White House. Early years / Mark Neely, Jr. ; Origins and influences / Allen C. Guelzo ; Family relationships / John Y. Simon ; Herndon's Lincoln / Douglas L. Wilson ; Lincoln and Clay / Robert Remini ; Those around him / David Herbert Donald ; The Springfield Junto / Adam Bellow ; Challenging the incumbent / John Splaine ; The debates / Harold Holzer ; Politics and mortality / Richard Current ; The Jonesboro debate / John Y. Simon -- Wartime president. Winning and governing / Doris Kearns Goodwin ; The gathering storm / David Herbert Donald ; An early plot against Lincoln / Stephen B. Oates ; Lincoln and Chase / John Niven ; Slavery, the Union and war / John Niven ; The cost of war / Carl M. Cannon ; Economic principles / Lewis Lehrman ; An economic nationalist / Patrick J. Buchanan ; Lincoln on taxes / Charles Adams ; A predecessor's opposition / Peter Wallner ; Lincoln's White House / Harold Holzer ; Meeting Harriet Beecher Stowe / Paul Johnson ; Meeting Frederick Douglas / Michael Barone ; The transcontinental railroad / David Howard Bain ; Lincoln and the telegraph / Tom Wheeler ; Patriot, poet / Walter Berns ; Lincoln's writing / Wayne Fields ; War, weakness and the Cabinet / Richard Norton Smith ; 1863 : a most difficult year / Joseph E. Stevens ; Word from the battlefield / James Perry ; The Gettysburg Address / Gabor Boritt ; Oratory style / Garry Wills ; Thanksgiving / James Loewen ; Lincoln and Grant / Brooks D. Simpson ; The soldier's home / Matthew Pinsker ; Photographic imagery / David Ward ; At the end / Jay Winik ; Aftermath / Tom Schwartz ; The assassination / Edward Steers, Jr. ; Conspiracy / Roger Mudd ; The journey home / Richard Norton Smith ; Transporting Lincoln's body / H.W. Brands -- Character. Lincoln and religion / Allen C. Guelzo ; Faith and morality / Douglas L. Wilson ; Spiritual beliefs / Paul Johnson ; Genius / Shelby Foote ; Reluctant emancipator / Lerone Bennett, Jr. ; Lincoln and race / Mark Neely, Jr. ; The declaration's influence / Pauline Maier ; Complex and imperfect / Edna Greene Medford ; Lincoln's ambition / Richard Shenkman ; Fraternity and sexuality / Matthew Pinsker ; Lincoln's empathy / Doris Kearns Goodwin ; Commander in Chief / Eliot A. Cohen ; Tragic sensibility / Gordon S. Wood ; Enigma / Frank J. Williams -- In memory. Whitman's Lincoln / David Reynolds ; Depicting Lincoln / Robert Hughes ; Persistent rumors / Irving Bartlett ; Collecting Lincoln / Frank J. Williams ; Lincolniana / Louise Taper ; The Lincoln cult / Thomas Dilorenzo ; The Lincoln obsession / Andrew Ferguson ; Image and icon / Chas Fagan ; Lincoln's relevance / Mario Cuomo ; Lincoln's shadow / Merrill D. Peterson ; Lincoln in context / James M. McPherson -- Lincoln's words. House divided (1858) ; Lincoln-Douglas debate in Charleston, Illinois (1858) ; Cooper Union address (1860) ; First Inaugural Address (1861) ; The Emancipation Proclamation (1863) ; Gettysburg Address (1863) ; Second Inaugural Address (1865) ; Last address (1865) In a handsome, gift-quality volume celebrating the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth, America's top Lincoln historians offer their diverse perspectives on the life and legacy of America's sixteenth president. Spanning Lincoln's life-from his early career as a Springfield lawyer, to his presidential reign during one of America's most troubled historical periods, to his assassination in 1865-these essays, developed from original C-SPAN interviews, provide a compelling, composite portrait of Lincoln, one that offers up new stories and fresh insights on a defining leader. Edited by C-SPAN's Bri Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865)--) Miscellanea Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865)- Anniversaries, etc Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865)- Anniversaires Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865) Presidents- United States- Biography BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY- Historical. HISTORY. Anniversaries. Presidents. United States. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq Festschriften. Biographies. Trivia and miscellanea. Festschriften. Biographies. Biographies. Lamb, Brian 1941-) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjBQtvXB6Xp7RhRtHdqTVC Swain, Susan Print version Abraham Lincoln. 1st ed. New York : PublicAffairs, 2008 1586486764 9781586486761 (DLC) 2008034572 (OCoLC)213448096