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Lincoln on Democracy

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Availability:In StockContributor:Mario C. Cuomo (Editor), Harold Holzer (Editor)Publish date:9/1/2004Pages:416
Language:EnglishPublisher:Fordham University PressISBN-13:9780823223459ISBN-10:823223450UPC:9780823223459Book Category:History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Political IdeologiesBook Topic:Civil War Period (1850-1877), DemocracySize:8.98 x 6.22 x 1.01 inchesWeight:1.3713Product ID:SCAHW9BSMF

Back 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. Selected by leading historians, the writings include such standards as the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address, but also such little-seen writings as a letter assuring a general that the President felt safe--drafted just three days before Lincoln's assassination.

In this richly annotated anthology, the writings are grouped thematically into seven sections that cover politics, slavery, the union, democracy, liberty, the nation divided, and the American Dream.

The introductions are by well-known historians: Gabor Borritt, William E. Gienapp, Charles B. Strozier, Richard Nelson Current, James M. McPherson, Mark E. Neely, Jr., and Hans L. Trefousse. In addition, each section's title page displays a photograph of Lincoln from the time period covered in that section, with a paragraph describing the source and the occasion for which the photograph was made.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Fordham University PressISBN-13:9780823223459ISBN-10:823223450UPC:9780823223459Book Category:History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Political IdeologiesBook Topic:Civil War Period (1850-1877), DemocracySize:8.98 x 6.22 x 1.01 inchesWeight:1.3713Product ID:SCAHW9BSMF

Mario C. Cuomo is the former Governor of New York. His most recent book is Why Lincoln Matters: Now More Than Ever.

Harold Holzer is Roger Hertog Fellow at the New-York Historical Society and one of the nation's leading authorities on Lincoln and the political culture of the Civil War era. He is chairman of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation and has written, co-written, or edited forty-seven books, most recently Lincoln and the Power of the Press.
Publisher: Fordham University Press

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Mario C. Cuomo (Editor), Harold Holzer (Editor)

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