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Abraham Lincoln, great American historians on our sixteenth president, Brian Lamb and Susan Swain, editors

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Abraham Lincoln

Brian Lamb and Susan Swain, editors

great American historians on our sixteenth president

Celebrating the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth, America's top Lincoln historians offer their diverse perspectives on the life and legacy of America's sixteenth president. Spanning Lincoln's life - from his early career as a Springfield lawyer, to his presidential reign during one of America's most troubled historical periods, to his assassination in 1865 - these essays, developed from original C-SPAN interviews, provide a compelling, composite portrait of Lincoln, one that offers up new stories and fresh insights on a defining leader

Log cabin to White House. Early years / Mark Neely, Jr. ; Origins and influences / Allen C. Guelzo ; Family relationships / John Y. Simon ; Herndon's Lincoln / Douglas L. Wilson ; Lincoln and Clay / Robert Remini ; Those around him / David Herbert Donald ; The Springfield Junto / Adam Bellow ; Challenging the incumbent / John Splaine ; The debates / Harold Holzer ; Politics and mortality / Richard Current ; The Jonesboro debate / John Y. Simon -- Wartime president. Winning and governing / Doris Kearns Goodwin ; The gathering storm / David Herbert Donald ; An early plot against Lincoln / Stephen B. Oates ; Lincoln and Chase / John Niven ; Slavery, the Union and war / John Niven ; The cost of war / Carl M. Cannon ; Economic principles / Lewis Lehrman ; An economic nationalist / Patrick J. Buchanan ; Lincoln on taxes / Charles Adams ; A predecessor's opposition / Peter Wallner ; Lincoln's White House / Harold Holzer ; Meeting Harriet Beecher Stowe / Paul Johnson ; Meeting Frederick Douglas / Michael Barone ; The transcontinental railroad / David Howard Bain ; Lincoln and the telegraph / Tom Wheeler ; Patriot, poet / Walter Berns ; Lincoln's writing / Wayne Fields ; War, weakness and the Cabinet / Richard Norton Smith ; 1863 : a most difficult year / Joseph E. Stevens ; Word from the battlefield / James Perry ; The Gettysburg Address / Gabor Boritt ; Oratory style / Garry Wills ; Thanksgiving / James Loewen ; Lincoln and Grant / Brooks D. Simpson ; The soldier's home / Matthew Pinsker ; Photographic imagery / David Ward ; At the end / Jay Winik ; Aftermath / Tom Schwartz ; The assassination / Edward Steers, Jr. ; Conspiracy / Roger Mudd ; The journey home / Richard Norton Smith ; Transporting Lincoln's body / H.W. Brands -- Character. Lincoln and religion / Allen C. Guelzo ; Faith and morality / Douglas L. Wilson ; Spiritual beliefs / Paul Johnson ; Genius / Shelby Foote ; Reluctant emancipator / Lerone Bennett, Jr. ; Lincoln and race / Mark Neely, Jr. ; The declaration's influence / Pauline Maier ; Complex and imperfect / Edna Greene Medford ; Lincoln's ambition / Richard Shenkman ; Fraternity and sexuality / Matthew Pinsker ; Lincoln's empathy / Doris Kearns Goodwin ; Commander in Chief / Eliot A. Cohen ; Tragic sensibility / Gordon S. Wood ; Enigma / Frank J. Williams -- In memory. Whitman's Lincoln / David Reynolds ; Depicting Lincoln / Robert Hughes ; Persistent rumors / Irving Bartlett ; Collecting Lincoln / Frank J. Williams ; Lincolniana / Louise Taper ; The Lincoln cult / Thomas Dilorenzo ; The Lincoln obsession / Andrew Ferguson ; Image and icon / Chas Fagan ; Lincoln's relevance / Mario Cuomo ; Lincoln's shadow / Merrill D. Peterson ; Lincoln in context / James M. McPherson -- Lincoln's words. House divided (1858) ; Lincoln-Douglas debate in Charleston, Illinois (1858) ; Cooper Union address (1860) ; First Inaugural Address (1861) ; The Emancipation Proclamation (1863) ; Gettysburg Address (1863) ; Second Inaugural Address (1865) ; Last address (1865)