Abraham Lincoln by Herbert Mitgang
This striking portrait of Abraham Lincoln found in this book is drawn entirely from the writing of his contemporaries and extends from his political beginnings in Springfield to his assassination. It reveals a more severely beleaguered, less godlike, and finally a richer Lincoln than has come through many of the biographies of Lincoln written at a distance after his death. To those who are familiar only with the various retouchedversions of Lincoln's life, Abraham Lincoln: A Press Portrait will be a welcome-if sometimes surprising-addition to the literature surrounding the man who is perhaps the central figure in all of American history. The brutality, indeed that malignancy of some of the treatment Lincoln received at the hands of the press may well shock those readers who believe the second half of the twentieth century has a monopoly on the journalism of insult, outrage, and indignation. That Lincoln acted with the calm and clarity he did under the barrage of such attacks can only enhance his stature as one of the great political leaders of any nation at any time. Herbert Mitgang is author of several books, including Once upon a Time in New York, The Man Who Rode the Tiger, The Letters of Carl Sandburg, The Return, America at Random, and Working for the Reader.-
The Road to Richmond
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Northern Character
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This Distracted and Anarchical People
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The Limits of Dissent
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The Lincoln Forum
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For the Vast Future Also
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Union Soldiers and the Northern Home Front
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Carl Schurz
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Melting Pot Soldiers
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"First Among Equals"
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From First to Last
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Shades of Green
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The Lincoln Assassination
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Deserter Country
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State of the Union
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Excommunicated from the Union
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Mr. Dunn Browne's Experiences in the Army
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New Bedford's Civil War
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New Masters
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Liberty, Virtue, and Progress
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Affairs of Party
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Civil War America
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Exploring Lincoln
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Fear Was not in Him
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Lincoln and Leadership
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Sacred Debts
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Busy Hands
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Union Combined Operations in the Civil War
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The Northern Home Front During the Civil War
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New Perspectives on the Union War
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A Grand Terrible Drama
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Prang's Civil War Pictures
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Touched with Fire
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Freedom, Union, and Power
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So Conceived and So Dedicated
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Family War Stories
"This anthology will be of value to all Lincoln collections and should attract the many persons who, for pleasure and profit read and reread Lincolniana" -Library Journal "[A Press Portrait] ... reminds us of the bitterness and tension of the Civil War years, and Mr. Mitgang's anthology helps us to see the wartime President as he appeared to his own generation." -The New York Times Book Review
Herbert Mitgang is an author, playwright, journalist, and teacher. He is author or editor of 15 books in the fields of history, law, literature, reportage and fiction for which he has received wide recognition and numerous awards.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780823220618 |
| ISBN 10 | 0823220613 |
| Title | Abraham Lincoln |
| Author | Herbert Mitgang |
| Series | The North's Civil War |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Fordham University Press |
| Year published | 2000-07-01 |
| Number of pages | 519 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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