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A secession crisis enigma : William Henry Hurlbert and "The diary of a public man" Daniel W. Crofts
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks E 440.5 .C94 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Crofts, Daniel W.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Diary of a public man.
- Hurlbert, William Henry, 1827-1895.
- Hurlbert, William Henry.
- Secession--United States--History--Sources.
- Secession.
- Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.)--Siege, 1861--Sources.
- Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.).
- United States--Politics and government--1857-1861--Sources.
- United States.
- United States--Politics and government--1861-1865--Sources.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
- Lincoln, Abraham.
- Diaries--Authorship--Case studies.
- Diaries.
- United States--Historiography--Miscellanea.
- United States--History--Errors, inventions, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 292 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2010.
- Contents:
- Deciphering "The diary of a public man"
- Proving who wrote the diary
- Young Hurlbert
- Hurlbert the journalist
- Hurlbert and the secession crisis
- A fiction nothing more nor less?
- The Lincoln interviews
- Hurlbert and Ward
- Promoting the diary
- Hurlbert and the world
- Connecting past and present
- Scandal and summation
- Epilogue: "The diary of a public man" and the Lincoln legend
- Appendix: the text of "The diary of a public man."
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780807135914 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0807135917 (cloth : alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 435711285
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