Lincoln revisited : new insights from the Lincoln Forum edited by John Y. Simon, Harold Holzer, and Dawn Vogel

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Simon, John Y.

Holzer, Harold.

Vogel, Dawn.

Lincoln Forum

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.

Lincoln, Abraham.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Political and social views.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Military leadership.

Presidents--United States--Biography.

Presidents.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

United States.

United States--Politics and government--1861-1865.

Physical Description:

xiii, 369 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

At head of title: Lincoln Forum

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2007.

Contents:

Lincoln's political faith in the Peoria address / Joseph R. Fornieri

Lincoln's political religion and religious politics / Lucas E. Morel

Lincoln, Douglas, and popular sovereignty : the Mormon dimension / John Y. Simon

The campaign of 1860 : Cooper Union, Mathew Brady, and the campaign of words and images / Harold Holzer

"I see the president" : Abraham Lincoln and the Soldiers' Home / Matthew Pinsker

Varieties of religious experience : Abraham and Mary Lincoln / Jean Baker

The poet and the president : Abraham Lincoln and Walt Whitman / Daniel Mark Epstein

1862

a year of decision for President Lincoln and General Halleck / John F. Marszalek

"I felt it to be my duty to refuse" : the president and the slave trader / William Lee Miller

Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant / Jean Edward Smith

Motivating men : Lincoln, Grant, MacArthur, and Kennedy / Geoffrey Perret

Lincoln and his admirals / Craig L. Symonds

After emancipation : Abraham Lincoln's black dream / Michael Vorenberg

The second inaugural address : the spoken words / Ronald C. White, Jr.

Abraham Lincoln and civil liberties : then and now / Frank J. Williams

After Lincoln's reelection : foreign complications / William C. Harris

Henry Adams on Lincoln / Garry Wills

Lincoln's assassination and John Wilkes Booth's Confederate connection / Edward Steers, Jr.

Notes:

Essays originally delivered as Lincoln Forum lectures between 2003 and 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-364).

ISBN:

9780823227365 (cloth : alk. paper)

0823227367 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

105469604

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