Lincoln Forum - Rediscovering Abraham Lincoln

Each year, hundreds of scholars and other enthusiasts mark the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address by gathering together in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania for the Lincoln Forum. There, leading historians reinterpret and rediscover the legacy of Abraham Lincoln. Now the best recent Lincoln Forum essays are available in one volume, offering important reexaminations of Lincoln as military leader, communicator, family man, and icon.

The contributors include James M. McPherson, Craig L. Symonds, John F. Marszalek, Jean H. Baker, Hans L. Trefousse, J. Tracy Power, John C. Waugh, Gerald Prokopowicz, and Frank J. Williams.

About the author

John Y. Simon is Professor of History at Southern Illinois University.

Harold Holzer, Senior Vice President for External Affairs at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, is one of the nation's leading authorities on Lincoln and the political culture of the Civil War era. He served as co-chairman of the U.S. Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission and has written, co-written, or edited 35 books.

Summary

Each November, Lincoln and Civil War enthusiasts mark the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address by gathering together for the annual Lincoln forum. This is a selection of the Lincoln Forum lectures which offer re-examinations of Lincoln as military leader, communicator, family man and icon.

Product details

• Authors: Harold Holzer, Dawn Ruark, John Y. Simon
• Assisted by: Harold Holzer (Editor), John Y Simon (Editor), John Y. Simon (Editor)
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2002
• EAN: 9780823222148
• ISBN: 978-0-8232-2214-8
• No. of pages: 262
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 611 g
• Series: The North's Civil War; North's Civil War (Hardcover); North's Civil War S.; North's Civil War
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education