The Lincoln enigma: the changing faces of an American icon
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford Univ. Press ©2001
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Beschreibung:"Gettysburg Civil War Institute books."
Includes bibliographical references and index
Did he dream of a lily-white America? : the voyage to Linconia / Gabor Boritt -- Young man Lincoln / Douglas L. Wilson -- Mary and Abraham : a marriage / Jean H. Baker -- Military fantasies / Gerald J. Prokopowicz -- Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis as commanders in chief / David Herbert Donald -- Apple of gold in a picture of silver : the Constitution and liberty / Allen C. Guelzo -- Toward Appomattox, toward unconditional surrender? / William C. Harris -- The riddle of death / Robert V. Bruce -- Epilogue : Lincoln in "modern" art / Harold Holzer and Gabor Boritt
Nearly a century and a half after his death, Abraham Lincoln remains an intrinsic part of the American consciousness, yet his intentions as president and his personal character continue to stir debate. Now, in The Lincoln Enigma, Gabor Boritt invites renowned Lincoln scholars, and rising new voices, to take a look at much-debated aspects of Lincoln's life, including his possible gay relationships, his plan to send blacks back to Africa, and his high-handed treatment of the Constitution. Boritt explores Lincoln's proposals that looked to a lily-white America. Jean Baker marvels at Lincoln's lov
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xxvii, 324 pages)
ISBN:0198033028
9780198033028

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