Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Simon, John Y.
2. Holzer, Harold.
3. Ruark, Dawn.

Description

1. xvi, 262 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Series statement

1. The North's Civil War, 1089-8719 ; no. 21

Alternative title

1. Rediscovering Abraham Lincoln

Subject

1. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
2. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 > Military leadership
3. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865

Contents

1. Lincoln as Commander in Chief / James M. McPherson -- Commander in Chief Lincoln and General Grant / John Y. Simon -- "You must either attack Richmond or give up the job and come to the defence of Washington" : Abraham Lincoln and the 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign / Gary W. Gallagher -- Men, machines, and old Abe : Lincoln and the Civil War Navy / Craig L. Symonds -- Abraham Lincoln and William T. Sherman : the cause was Union / John F. Marszalek -- "If I had gone up there, I could have whipped them myself" : Lincoln's military fantasies / Gerald J. Prokopowicz -- "In for four years more" : the Army of Northern Virginia and the United States presidential election of 1864 / J. Tracy Power -- "A matter of profound wonder" : the women in Lincoln's life / Frank J. Williams -- Mary Lincoln : symbol, historical target, and human being / Jean H. Baker -- Abraham Lincoln's body and body politic : two puzzles in mid-nineteenth-century American political language and culture / Iver Bernstein -- The new Gettysburg Address : a study in illusion / Barry Schwartz -- Abraham Lincoln's reputation during his administration / Hans L. Trefousse -- the Lincoln grail : the great collectors and their great collections / Harold Holzer.

Call number

1. IK 03-4022

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Title

1. The Lincoln forum : rediscovering Abraham Lincoln / John Y. Simon and Harold Holzer, editors ; Dawn Ruark, associate editor.

Imprint

1. New York : Fordham University Press, 2002.

Edition

1. 1st ed.

Series

1. The North's Civil War, 1089-8719 ; no. 21

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

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1. Table of contents

Added author

1. Simon, John Y.
2. Holzer, Harold.
3. Ruark, Dawn.

LCCN

1. 2002005505

ISBN

1. 0823222144 (hardcover)
2. 0823222152 (pbk.)

Research call number

1. IK 03-4022