Books written by Allen C. Guelzo

  • Robert E. Lee: A Life

    REL to Edward G. W. Butler , Oct. 11 , 1867 , in " Unpublished Letters of Gen. Lee , " Missouri Republican , Oct. 3 , 1885 ; David D. Plater , The Butlers of Iberville Parish , Louisiana : Dunboyne Plantation in the 1800s ( Baton Rouge ...

  • Reconstruction: a Very Short Introduction

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  • Edwards on the Will: A Century of American Theological Debate

    Jonathan Edwards towered over his contemporaries-a man over six feet tall and a figure of theological stature-but the reasons for his power have been a matter of dispute. Edwards on...

  • Redeeming the Great Emancipator

    Allen C. Guelzo. REDEEMING THE GREAT EMANCIPATOR The Nathan I. Huggins Lectures REDEEMING THE GREAT EMANCIPATOR Allen C. Guelzo Cambridge, Massachusetts, and.

  • Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America

    An authoritative analysis of the Emancipation Proclamation addresses such issues as its unfavorable comparison to more eloquent Lincoln addresses and its questionable reflection of Lincoln's character, drawing on historical documents to ...

  • Lincoln: A Very Short Introduction

    The award-winning Lincoln authority Allen C. Guelzo offers here a penetrating look into the mind of one of our greatest presidents.

  • Reconstruction: A Very Short Introduction

    Allen C. Guelzo's 'Reconstruction' is a gracefully-written interpretation of Reconstruction as a spirited struggle to re-integrate the defeated Southern Confederacy into the American Union after the Civil War, to bring African Americans ...

  • Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President

    This major biography of Abraham Lincoln has won the prestigious Lincoln Prize, the annual award given to the best book in the Civil War field. Guelzo's superb work breaks new...

  • Reconstruction: A Concise History

    In this concise history, award-winning historian Allen C. Guelzo delves into the constitutional, political, and social issues behind Reconstruction to provide a lucid and original account of a historical moment that left an indelible mark ...

  • Abraham Lincoln as a Man of Ideas

    This compilation of ten essays from Lincoln scholar Allen C. Guelzo uncovers the hidden sources of Lincoln’s ideas and examines the beliefs that directed his career and brought an end to slavery and the Civil War.

  • Abraham Lincoln as a Man of Ideas

    This compilation of ten essays from Lincoln scholar Allen C. Guelzo uncovers the hidden sources of Lincoln’s ideas and examines the beliefs that directed his career and brought an end to slavery and the Civil War.

  • Reconstruction: A Concise History

    In this concise history, award-winning historian Allen C. Guelzo delves into the constitutional, political, and social issues behind Reconstruction to provide a lucid and original account of a historical moment that left an indelible mark ...

  • Abraham Lincoln, 2nd Edition: Redeemer President

    ... Faith of Winston Churchill by Gary Scott Smith Emblem of Faith Untouched: A Short Life of omas Cranmer by Leslie Williams Her Heart Can See: e Life and Hymns of Fanny J. Crosby by Edith L. Blumhofer Emily Dickinson and the Art of ...