Annotated Lincoln

Informationen zum Autor Harold Holzer is Director of the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College. Thomas A. Horrocks is the author of Lincoln’s Campaign Biographies and former Director of the John Hay Library, Brown University. Klappentext No U.S. president has faced the problems Lincoln confronted, nor expressed himself with such eloquence on issues of great moment. Harold Holzer and Thomas Horrocks explore his writings on slavery, emancipation, racial equality, the legality of secession, civil liberties in wartime, and the meaning of the terrible suffering caused by the Civil War. Zusammenfassung No U.S. president has faced the problems Lincoln confronted! nor expressed himself with such eloquence on issues of great moment. Harold Holzer and Thomas Horrocks explore his writings on slavery! emancipation! racial equality! the legality of secession! civil liberties in wartime! and the meaning of the terrible suffering caused by the Civil War.

Product details

• Authors: Harold Holzer, Thomas A. Horrocks, Abraham Lincoln
• Assisted by: Harold Holzer (Editor), Holzer Harold (Editor), Thomas A Horrocks (Editor), Thomas A. Horrocks (Editor), Horrocks Thomas A. (Editor)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2015
• EAN: 9780674504837
• ISBN: 978-0-674-50483-7
• No. of pages: 640
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Autobiography: historical, political & military, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Political leaders & leadership, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Autobiography: historical, political and military, Political leaders and leadership