Lincoln's Quest for Union: Public and Private Meanings
- ISBN-10
- 0252013778
- ISBN-13
- 9780252013775
- Category
- Presidents
- Pages
- 271
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1987
- Publisher
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press
- Author
- Charles B. Strozier
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