Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

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

Description

1. xvi, 262 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

1. "Each November, hundreds of Lincoln and Civil War enthusiasts mark the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address by gathering at Gettysburg for the annual Lincoln Forum, an acclaimed scholarly symposium featuring groundbreaking presentations by the nation's leading historians. The scholars and attendees alike make the pilgrimage for one reason: to reinterpret, re-examine, and rediscover the most endlessly fascinating figure of the American past, Abraham Lincoln." "Now the best of the most recent Lincoln Forum lectures - some of which have been broadcast on C-SPAN's "Book TV" network - have been collected in one volume for the enjoyment and enlightenment of readers everywhere. The essays offer important re-examinations of Lincoln as military leader, communicator, family man, and icon."--Jacket.

Series statement

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

Uniform title

1. North's Civil War ; no. 21.

Alternative title

1. Rediscovering Abraham Lincoln

Subject

1. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
2. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 > Military leadership
3. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
4. Lincoln, Abraham
5. 1861-1865
6. Command of troops
7. Amerikaanse burgeroorlog
8. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865
9. United States

Genre/Form

1. History.

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.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.