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    Abraham Lincoln : great American historians on our sixteenth president / Brian Lamb and Susan Swain, editors.

    • Title:Abraham Lincoln : great American historians on our sixteenth president / Brian Lamb and Susan Swain, editors.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Lamb, Brian, 1941-
      Swain, Susan.
    • Published/Created:New York : PublicAffairs, ©2008.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Miscellanea.
      Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Anniversaries, etc.
      Presidents--United States--Biography.
    • Edition:1st ed.
    • Description:xxiii, 371 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill., maps ; 25 cm.
    • Notes:Includes index.
      "A C-Span book."
    • ISBN:9781586486761 (cloth)
      1586486764 (cloth)
    • Contents:Maps: Where Lincoln Lived
      Sites of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858
      Route of Lincoln's Train to Washington in 1861
      Route of Lincoln's Funeral Train to Springfield
      Pt. 1. Log Cabin to White House
      Early Years / Mark Neely, Jr.
      Origins and Influences / Allen C. Guelzo
      Family Relationships / John Y. Simon
      Herndon's Lincoln / Douglas L. Wilson
      Lincoln and Clay / Robert Remini
      Those Around Him / David Herbert Donald
      Springfield Junto / Adam Bellow
      Challenging the Incumbent / John Splaine
      Debates / Harold Holzer
      Politics and Morality / Richard Current
      Jonesboro Debate / John Y. Simon
      Pt. 2. Wartime President
      Winning and Governing / Doris Kearns Goodwin
      Gathering Storm / David Herbert Donald
      Early Plot Against Lincoln / Stephen B. Oates
      Lincoln and Chase / John Niven
      Slavery, the Union, and War / James M. McPherson
      Cost of War / Carl M. Cannon
      Economic Principles / Lewis Lehrman
      Economic Nationalist / Patrick J. Buchanan
      Lincoln on Taxes / Charles Adams
      Predecessor's Opposition / Peter Wallner
      Lincoln's White House / Harold Holzer
      Meeting Harriett Beecher Stowe / Paul Johnson
      Meeting Frederick Douglass / Michael Barone
      Transcontinental Railroad / David Haward Bain
      Lincoln and the Telegraph / Tom Wheeler
      Patriot, Poet / Walter Berns
      Lincoln's Writing / Wayne Fields
      War, Weakness, and the Cabinet / Richard Norton Smith
      1863: A Most Difficult Year / Joseph E. Stevens
      Word from the Battlefield / James Perry
      Gettysburg Address / Gabor Boritt
      Oratory Style / Garry Wills
      Thanksgiving / James Loewen
      Lincoln and Grant / Brooks D. Simpson
      Soldiers' Home / Matthew Pinsker
      Photographic Imagery / David Ward
      At the End / Jay Winik
      Aftermath / Tom Schwartz
      Assassination / Edward Steers, Jr.
      Conspiracy / Roger Mudd
      Journey Home / Richard Norton Smith
      Transporting Lincoln's Body / H. W. Brands
      Pt. 3. Character
      Lincoln and Religion / Allen C. Guelzo
      Faith and Morality / Douglas L. Wilson
      Spiritual Beliefs / Paul Johnson
      Genius / Shelby Foote
      Reluctant Emancipator / Lerone Bennett, Jr.
      Lincoln and Race / Mark Neely, Jr.
      Declaration's Influence / Pauline Maier
      Complex and Imperfect / Edna Greene Medford
      Lincoln's Ambition / Richard Shenkman
      Fraternity and Sexuality / Matthew Pinsker
      Lincoln's Empathy / Doris Kearns Goodwin
      Commander in Chief / Eliot A. Cohen
      Tragic Sensibility / Gordon S. Wood
      Enigma / Frank J. Williams
      Pt. 4. In Memory
      Whitman's Lincoln / David Reynolds
      Depicting Lincoln / Robert Hughes
      Persistent Rumors / Irving Bartlett
      Collecting Lincoln / Frank J. Williams
      Lincolniana / Louise Taper
      Lincoln Cult / Thomas Dilorenzo
      Lincoln Obsession / Andrew Ferguson
      Image and Icon / Chas Fagan
      Lincoln's Relevance / Mario Cuomo
      Lincoln's Shadow / Merrill D. Peterson
      Lincoln in Context / James M. McPherson
      Pt. 5. Lincoln's Words
      House Divided (1858)
      Lincoln-Douglas Debate in Charleston, Illinois (1858)
      Cooper Union Address (1860)
      First Inaugural Address (1861)
      Emancipation Proclamation (1863)
      Gettysburg Address (1863)
      Second Inaugural Address (1865)
      Last Address (1865).
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