Research Catalog

Exploring Lincoln great historians reappraise our greatest president

Title
Exploring Lincoln [electronic resource] : great historians reappraise our greatest president / edited by Harold Holzer, Craig L. Symonds, and Frank J. Williams.
Publication
New York : Fordham University Press, 2015.

Available Online

  • Available from home with a valid library card
  • Available onsite at NYPL

Details

Additional Authors
  • Holzer, Harold.
  • Symonds, Craig L.
  • Williams, Frank J.
Description
1 online resource (viii, 293 pages) : illustrations.
Series Statement
The North's Civil War
Uniform Title
Exploring Lincoln (Online)
Subject
  • Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 > Influence
  • Political leadership > United States > History > 19th century
  • Presidents > United States > Biography
  • United States > Politics and government > 1861-1865
Note
  • "A Lincoln Forum book"
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Introduction / Harold Holzer, Craig L. Symonds, and Frank J. Williams -- Lincoln's role in the 1860 presidential campaign / William C. Harris -- The Baltimore plot: fact or fiction? / Michael J. Kline -- The old army and the seeds of change / John F. Marszalek -- Seward and Lincoln: a second look / Walter Stahr -- Mourning in America: death comes to the Civil War White Houses / Catherine Clinton -- Abraham Lincoln: admiral-in-chief / Craig L. Symonds -- Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee: reluctant "traitors" / William C. Davis -- "The Battle Hymn of the Republic": origins, influence, legacies / John Stauffer -- The emancipation of Abraham Lincoln / Eric Foner -- Lincoln and the struggle to end slavery / Richard Striner -- Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: a propaganda tool for the enemy? / Amanda Foreman -- The Gettysburg Campaign and the New York City draft riots: conspiracy or coincidence? / Barnet Schecter -- Lincoln and New York: a fraught relationship / Harold Holzer -- Lincoln and McClellan: a reappraisal / John C. Waugh -- Judging Lincoln as judge / Frank J. Williams -- The madness of Mary Lincoln: a new examination based on the discovery of her lost insanity letters / Jason Emerson.
LCCN
2014033578
OCLC
ssj0001441682
Title
Exploring Lincoln [electronic resource] : great historians reappraise our greatest president / edited by Harold Holzer, Craig L. Symonds, and Frank J. Williams.
Imprint
New York : Fordham University Press, 2015.
Edition
First edition.
Series
The North's Civil War
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Holzer, Harold.
Symonds, Craig L.
Williams, Frank J.
View in Legacy Catalog