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The Lincoln enigma : the changing faces of an American icon / edited by Gabor Boritt ; essays by Gabor Boritt [and others].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
- Lincoln, Abraham.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Portraits.
- Presidents--United States--Biography.
- Presidents.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (353 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Boritt invites renowned Lincoln scholars to take a look at much-debated aspects of Lincoln's life, including his possible gay relationships, his plan to send blacks back to Africa, and his high-handed treatment of the Constitution.
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; Acknowledgments; 1. Did He Dream of a Lily-White America? The Voyage to Linconia; 2. Young Man Lincoln; 3. Mary and Abraham: A Marriage; 4. Military Fantasies; 5. Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis as Commanders in Chief; 6. Apple of Gold in a Picture of Silver: The Constitution and Liberty; 7. Toward Appomattox, Toward Unconditional Surrender?; 8. The Riddle of Death; 9. Epilogue: Lincoln in "Modern" Art; Notes; For Further Reading: A Bibliography; Contributors; Index
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2001.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-771431-5
- 1-280-83536-2
- 0-19-803302-8
- OCLC:
- 352894706
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