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Ohio State LibraryThe ancestry of Abraham Lincoln; by James Henry Lea. B-L638 . The boyhood of Lincoln: by Eleanor Atkinson. B-L638 . The boy's life of Abraham Lincoln; by Helen Nicolay. B-L638 . The death of Lincoln; the story of Booth's plot, his deed and ...
James Lincoln Collier
Liz SonnebornJames Lincoln Collier feels that, through Carrie, he was able to correct a flaw in the other two Arabus books. In writing the trilogy, the Colliers set out to create a historically accurate picture of African American life in the late eighteenth century.
Personal Recollections Of Abraham Lincoln And The Civil War ...
James R. GilmoreAt that moment, James R. Gilmore made a suggestion to Abraham Lincoln to take to Confederate President Jefferson Davis a set of accords by which the North would be willing to have peace.
Lincoln's Sanctuary: Abraham Lincoln and the Soldiers' Home
Matthew PinskerThe members formed an all-star cast of Lincoln and Civil War— era scholars and included Jean Baker, James Basker, David Blight, Gabor Boritt, David Donald, Allen Guelzo, Harold Holzer, David Long, Phillip Paludan, Gary Scott, and ...
Lincoln in Indiana
Brian R. DirckLincoln in Indiana offers a fascinating account of Lincoln's boyhood in Indiana, setting the relationships, values, and environment that fundamentally shaped Lincoln's character within the context of frontier and farm life in early ...
The Annotated Lincoln
Abraham LincolnNo U.S. president has faced the problems Lincoln confronted, nor expressed himself with such eloquence on issues of great moment.
In Lincoln's Hand: His Original Manuscripts
Abraham LincolnA collection of writings includes images of a variety of handwritten speeches, letters, and childhood notebooks, accompanied by commentary by James M. McPherson, Ken Burns, Doris Kearns Goodwin, John Updike, Toni Morrison, and other ...
Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief
James M. McPhersonSuspenseful and inspiring, this is the story of how Lincoln, with almost no previous military experience before entering the White House, assumed the powers associated with the role of commander in chief, and through his strategic insight ...
Warships of the World to 1900
Lincoln P. PaineLincoln Paine has done for ships, condensing vast mountains of historiography into accurate, accessible and readable volumes. Paine's encyclopedias should be a part of every serious library of maritime history." -James L. Nelson, author of ...
Ships of Discovery and Exploration
Lincoln P. PaineLincoln Paine has done for ships, condensing vast mountains of historiography into accurate, accessible and readable volumes. Paine's encyclopedias should be a part of even, serious library of maritime history." -James L. Nelson, author of ...
Lincoln: A Photobiography
Russell FreedmanThe book's final chapter is a moving account of that tragic evening in Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865. Concludes with a sampling of Lincoln writings and a detailed list of Lincoln historical sites.
The Lincoln Legacy: A Quarterly Publication of the Lincoln ...
David A. WarrenLINCOLN, LAND, AND LABOR, 1809-60 By Olivier Fraysse Translated By Sylvia Neely ******************************** Reviewed by Steven K. Rogstad The title of this book may cause many non- academics to avoid reading it, which would be ...
Lincoln on Democracy
Abraham LincolnBack in print after ten years, this unique book brings together 141 speeches, speech excerpts, letters, fragments, and other writings by Lincoln on the theme of democracy.
Citizen Lincoln
Ward McAfeeIn modern times, some critics have belittled Abraham Lincoln's antislavery resolve as shallow. Some have portrayed him as a passive president, waiting upon the bold initiatives of others. 'Citizen Lincoln' regards him differently.
Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President ...
Joshua Wolf ShenkYvonne Ryan — James Fallows and Steven Waldman trained me further at U.S. News & World Report. To Jim and Steve and to my colleagues at U.S. News, including Amy Bernstein, Lincoln Caplan, Erica Goode, and Joannie Fischer, I tender ...
Lincoln, Inc.: Selling the Sixteenth President in ...
Jackie HoganWilliam H. Herndon and Jesse W. Weik, Herndon's Lincoln: The True Story ofa Great Life. ... Guelzo, Ahraham Lincoln: Redeemer President; H. Donald Winkler, The Women in Lincoln's Life: How the Sixteenth American President Was Shaped ...
Lincoln the Lawyer
Brian R. Dirck... 6, 1866, HI, 499. 39. Lincoln, autobiography for John Scripps, c. June 1860, CW 4: 64–65. 40. Bench and Bar of Massachusetts, 117,123; Bench and Bar of South Carolina, 522–23; Foote, Bench and Bar, 25–26; James Allen Brent ...
Abraham Lincoln
Christi E. ParkerWho Was Abraham Lincoln? Abraham Lincoln was the president of the United States ' during hard times. The people of the United States argued about many problems. The most important issue was slavery. Lincoln was against slavery.
Seward: Lincoln's Indispensable Man
Walter StahrSome of Lincoln’s critics even saw Seward, erroneously, as the power behind the throne; this is why John Wilkes Booth and his colleagues attempted to kill Seward as well as Lincoln.
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Abraham LincolnThis book is available again in a fresh new edition just in time for the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address with a new introduction by Lincoln- and Civil War–scholar Gabor S. Boritt.
A Self-Made Man: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln Vol. ...
Sidney BlumenthalThis first volume traces Lincoln from his painful youth, describing himself as “a slave,” to his emergence as the man we recognize as Abraham Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President
Allen C. GuelzoThe first "intellectual biography" of Lincoln, this work explores the role of ideas in Lincoln's life, treating him as a serious thinker deeply involved in the nineteenth-century debates over politics, religion, and culture.
Seward: Lincoln's Indispensable Man
Walter StahrPresents a profile of the leader of Lincoln's "team of rivals," examining the many political roles he had in his lifetime, including governor of New York, Secretary of State, and Lincoln's closest advisor during the Civil War.
Blood on the Moon: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Edward Steers133; Elden C. Weckesser, His Name Was Mudd (Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland and Company, 1991), p. 143. 18. Bryan, The Great American Myth; Eisenschiml, Why Was Lincoln Murdered?; Roy Z. Chamlee Jr., Lincoln's Assassins (Jefferson, ...
The Global Lincoln
PreviewJay Sexton Barack Obama masterfully employed Lincoln's image during his historic presidential campaign of 2008. Obama went to great lengths to cast himself as Lincoln's heir, even launching his presidential bid on the steps of the Old State ...
Abraham Lincoln: Great American Historians on Our Sixteenth ...
PreviewLincoln. Cult. THOMAS DILORENZO Thomas DiLorenzo joined C-SPAN's Q&A for an interview on May 25, 2008, to talk about his book Lincoln Unmasked: What You're Not Supposed to Know About Dishonest Abe, published by Crown Forum.
Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President ...
Joshua Wolf ShenkA reassessment of the life of Abraham Lincoln argues that America's sixteenth president suffered from depression and explains how Lincoln used the coping strategies he had developed to face the crises of the Civil War and personal tragedy.
Lincoln-lore: Lincoln in the Popular Mind
PreviewLincoln in the Popular Mind Ray Broadus Browne. The Niggers and the Small Pox I dropped in upon Mr. Lincoln and found him busily counting greenbacks. " This, sir," said he, "is something out of my usual line; but a President of the United States has a multiplicity of duties not specified in the Constitution or acts of Congress. This is one of them. This money belongs to a poor negro who is a porter in one of the Departments (the Treasury), and who is at present very bad with the small ...
Politics for the Greatest Good: The Case for Prudence in the ...
Clarke Forsythe[69] Simon, Lincoln and Chief Justice Taney, pp.180-83. [70] Ibid., p.181; Goodwin, Team of Rivals, p.334. [71] Lincoln, Speeches and Writings, 2:232 (“ Proclamation Calling Militia and Convening Congress”). [72] Ibid. [73] Farber, Lincoln's ...
The True Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography
Betty Boles EllisonMary Todd Lincoln had a brilliant mind, a caring heart and an exuberant personality and she was, in every aspect, a true partner to Abraham Lincoln.
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