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The annotated Lincoln

Title
The annotated Lincoln / Abraham Lincoln ; edited by Harold Holzer and Thomas A. Horrocks.
Author
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2016.

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Additional Authors
  • Holzer, Harold
  • Horrocks, Thomas A.
Description
xxxii, 604 pages : illustrations (some color); 25 cm
Summary
No American president before or since has faced the problems that confronted Abraham Lincoln when he took office in 1861. Nor has any president expressed himself with such eloquence on issues of great moment. Lincoln's writings reveal the depth of his thought and feeling and the sincerity of his convictions as he weighed the cost of freedom and preserving the Union. Now for the first time an annotated edition of Lincoln's essential writings examines the extraordinary man who produced them and explains the context in which they were composed. The Annotated Lincoln spans three decades of Lincoln's career, from his initial political campaign for state assemblyman in 1832 to his final public address on Reconstruction, delivered three days before his assassination on April 15, 1865. Included here are selections from his personal and political letters, poetry, speeches, and presidential messages and proclamations. In their generous annotations, Harold Holzer and Thomas Horrocks explore Lincoln's thoughts 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. And they bring Lincoln's writings into the ambit of Lincoln scholarship, to offer a broader appreciation of his thoughts, words, and career.
Uniform Title
Works. Selections
Alternative Title
Works.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Biographies.
  • Biography.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 577-584).
Call Number
JFE 16-7613
ISBN
  • 9780674504837 (alk. paper)
  • 0674504836 (alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 2015019302
  • 9780674504837
OCLC
907204411
Author
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Title
The annotated Lincoln / Abraham Lincoln ; edited by Harold Holzer and Thomas A. Horrocks.
Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2016.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 577-584).
Chronological Term
1800 - 1899
Added Author
Holzer, Harold, editor.
Horrocks, Thomas A., editor.
Other Standard Identifier
9780674504837
Research Call Number
JFE 16-7613
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