| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xiii, 369 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Essays originally delivered as Lincoln Forum lectures between 2003 and 2005. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [327]-364). |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Political and social views.
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Military leadership.
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Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.
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| Added Author |
Simon, John Y.
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Holzer, Harold.
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Vogel, Dawn.
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Lincoln Forum.
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| Note |
At head of title: The Lincoln Forum |
| ISBN |
9780823227365 cloth alkaline paper |
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0823227367 cloth alkaline paper |
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