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For the Vast Future Also by Thomas F Schwartz

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This volume brings together essays by 14 accomplished Lincoln scholars. They provide an insight into how Lincoln's administration dealt with the issues of war and slavery. The work covers facets of three general themes, the problems of emancipation, presidential politics and the Lincoln legacy.

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For the Vast Future Also by Thomas F Schwartz

"For a Vast Future Also": Essays from The Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association, brings together the most informative and thoughtful articles by fourteen accomplished scholars in the Lincoln field. The essays provide compact, detailed treatments concerning different facets of three general themes: Lincoln and the problems of emancipation; Lincoln and presidential politics; and the Lincoln legacy. Readers of the collection will understand why the Civil War profoundly changed the nation. These essays give insight into how Lincoln and his administration dealt with the profound issues of war and slavery and the continuing legacy of Lincoln and the war.
No book or essay collection brings together the writings of such luminaries in the field as John Hope Franklin, James M. McPherson, Don E. Fehrenbacher, T. Harry Williams, Phillip S. Paludan, Harold Hyman, John Niven, William A. Gienapp, Norman B. Ferris, John T. Hubbell, Arthur Zilversmit, Eugene H. Berwanger, Christopher N. Breiseth, and Michael Vorenberg. Researchers now have these valuable essays available in one volume. It offers the general public the distillation of scholarship supported by the Abraham Lincoln Association over the past twenty-five years. And college and university introductory courses will find this book a valuable summary of, and introduction to, the major issues of the Civil War period.

Thomas F. Schwartz is Director of the Electronic Lincoln Presidential Library. In 1998, he was awarded the Lincoln Diploma of Honor from Lincoln Memorial University. He is also editor of For the People: A Newsletter of the Abraham Lincoln Association.
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ISBN 13 9780823219599
ISBN 10 0823219593
Title For the Vast Future Also
Author Thomas F Schwartz
Series The North's Civil War
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Fordham University Press
Year published 1999-01-01
Number of pages 267
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.