Lincoln on Democracy / ed. by Mario C. Cuomo, Harold Holzer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Boritt, Gabor S., Contributor.

Cuomo, Mario C., Editor.

Cuomo, Mario M., Contributor.

Current, Richard Nelson, Contributor.

Gienapp, William E., Contributor.

Holzer, Harold, Contributor.

Holzer, Harold, Editor.

McPherson, James M., Contributor.

Neely, Mark E., Jr., Contributor.

Strozier, Charles B., Contributor.

Trefousse, Hans L., Contributor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (416 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Back in print after ten years, this unique book brings together 141 speeches, speech excerpts, letters, fragments, and other writings by Lincoln on the theme of democracy. Selected by leading historians, the writings include such standards as the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address, but also such little-seen writings as a letter assuring a general that the President felt safe—drafted just three days before Lincoln’s assassination. In this richly annotated anthology, the writings are grouped thematically into seven sections that cover politics, slavery, the union, democracy, liberty, the nation divided, and the American Dream. The introductions are by well-known historians: Gabor Borritt, William E. Gienapp, Charles B. Strozier, Richard Nelson Current, James M. McPherson, Mark E. Neely, Jr., and Hans L. Trefousse. In addition, each section’s title page displays a photograph of Lincoln from the time period covered in that section, with a paragraph describing the source and the occasion for which the photograph was made.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface to the Fordham University Press Edition

Preface

Introduction

A Note on the Lincoln Texts

"NOT MUCH OF ME"

I "THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS"

1832

1836

1837

1838

1839

1841

1842

1845

1847

1848

1850

1852

II "ALL WE HAVE EVER HELD SACRED"

1854

1855

1856

1857

III "ANOTHER EXPLOSION WILL COME"

1858

IV "RIGHT MAKES MIGHT"

1859

1860

V "HOUR OF TRIAL"

1861

VI "FOREVER FREE"

1862

1863

VII "FOR Us THE LIVING"

1864

1865

Acknowledgments

Biographies of the Editors and Contributors

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Mrz 2022)

ISBN:

0-8232-9206-1

OCLC:

1076750490