Covers the life and political career of Abraham Lincoln, from his humble beginnings in Kentucky and legal career as a young man to his becoming president with less than half the popular vote and acting as Commander-in-Chief during the Civil ...
One of our most eminent Lincoln scholars, winner of a Lincoln Prize for his Lincoln at Cooper Union, examines the four months between Lincoln's election and inauguration, when the president-elect...
A compelling new biography of the Great Emancipator draws on personal correspondence, speeches, and interviews to provide a flavor for Lincoln's own thoughts, feelings, and internal conflicts on slavery, power, politics, and many other ...
Ronald C. White's compelling description of Lincoln's articulation of the nation's struggle and of the suffering of all -- North, South, soldier, slave -- offers new insight into Lincoln's own hard-won victory over doubt, and his promise of ...
The collected letters, speeches, etc. written by Abraham Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln's Speeches
New Insights from the Lincoln Forum Harold Holzer, Dawn Vogel John Y. Simon ... MATTHEw PINSKER made a mark in the Lincoln field with Lincoln's Sanctuary: Abraham Lincoln and the Soldiers' Home (2003), a now-classic study of the ...
"The provocative selections in this book address topics as disparate as William H. Herndon's informants, Lincoln's favorite poem, his mysterious broken engagement, the text of his debates with Douglas, and a previously unknown assault on ...
This first-ever volume to comprehensively explore President Abraham Lincoln’s ties to the American West brings together a variety of scholars and experts who offer a fascinating look at the sixteenth president’s lasting legacy in the ...
As we approach the 150th anniversary of the Proclamation, this concise volume is a vivid depiction of the painfully slow march of all Americans-white and black, leaders and constituents-toward freedom. -- Publisher description.