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Lincoln: How Abraham Lincoln Ended Slavery in America: A Companion Book for Young Readers to the Steven Spielberg Film
How Abraham Lincoln Ended Slavery in America: A Companion Book for Young Readers to the Steven Spielberg Film
Häftad, 2013
111 kr
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How did President Abraham Lincoln come to believe that slavery was "morally wrong," and that Congress needed to pass a law to abolish it once and for all What did he do in January 1865—three months before he was assassinated—to ensure passage of the Thirteenth AmendmentThis fast-paced, riveting …
Lincoln
How Abraham Lincoln Ended Slavery in America
E-bok, 2012
51 kr
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A new book—and companion to the Steven Spielberg film—tracing how Abraham Lincoln came to view slavery . . . and came to end it.Steven Spielberg focused his movie Lincoln on the sixteenth president''s tumultuous final months in office, when he pursued a course of action to end the Civil War, …
Lincoln Image
ABRAHAM LINCOLN and the POPULAR PRINT
Av Harold Holzer, Gabor S. Boritt m. fl.
Häftad, 2005
321 kr
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How printmakers chronicled and influenced Lincoln's transfiguration into an American icon
In Lincoln's Hand
His Original Manuscripts with Commentary by Distinguished Americans
Av Joshua Wolf Shenk, Harold Holzer
E-bok, 2013
80 kr
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On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth and in conjunction with the Library of Congress 2009 Bicentennial Exhibition, In Lincoln’s Hand offers an unprecedented look at perhaps our greatest president through vivid images of his handwritten letters, speeches, and even …
Brought Forth on This Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration
Häftad, 2026
285 kr
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Emancipating Lincoln
The Proclamation in Text, Context, and Memory
Inbunden, 2012
429 kr
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Emancipating Lincoln seeks a new approach to the Emancipation Proclamation, a foundational text of American liberty that in recent years has been subject to woeful misinterpretation. These seventeen hundred words are Lincoln’s most important piece of writing, responsible both for his being hailed …
Annotated Lincoln
Av Abraham Lincoln, Harold Holzer m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
367 kr
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No American president before or since has faced the problems that confronted Abraham Lincoln when he took office in 1861. Nor has any president expressed himself with such eloquence on issues of great moment. Lincoln’s writings reveal the depth of his thought and feeling and the sincerity of his …
Hearts Touched by Fire
The Best of Battles and Leaders of the Civil War
E-bok, 2011
205 kr
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In July 1883, just a few days after the twentieth anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, a group of editors at The Century Magazine engaged in a lively argument: Which Civil War battle was the bloodiest battle of them all? One claimed it was Chickamauga, another Cold Harbor. The argument inspired …
Lincoln Seen and Heard
Inbunden, 2000
500 kr
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Abraham Lincoln remained a controversial figure up to the time of his assassination. In this book, the author probes the development of Lincoln's image and reputation in his own time. He considers a wide range of images to reveal what they say about the American President.
Lincoln President-Elect
Abraham Lincoln and the Great Secession Winter 1860-1861
Häftad, 2009
457 kr
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One of our most eminent Lincoln scholars, winner of a Lincoln Prize for his Lincoln at Cooper Union, examines the four months between Lincoln's election and inauguration, when the president-elect made the most important decision of his coming presidency—there would be no compromise on slavery or …
Lincoln Mailbag
America Writes to the President, 1861-1865
Häftad, 2006
260 kr
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As president, Abraham Lincoln received between two hundred and five hundred letters a day - correspondence from public officials, political allies, and military leaders, as well as letters from ordinary Americans of all races who wanted to share their views with him. Here, and in his critically …
Dear Mr. Lincoln
Letters to the President
Häftad, 2006
317 kr
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During the Civil War, Americans felt themselves to be on intimate terms with their commander in chief, sending President Abraham Lincoln between two hundred and five hundred pieces of mail every day - letters that expressed the concerns, aspirations, grievances, and obsessions of the nation. …
State of the Union
NY and the Civil War
Inbunden, 2002
1158 kr
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Three years ago, in celebration of the publication of The Union Preserved: A Guide to the Civil War Records in the New York State Archives, the New York State Archives Partnership Trust, a program of the New York State Education Department, held a two-day symposium featuring research by leading …
Lincoln Forum
Rediscovering Abraham Lincoln
Av John Y. Simon, Harold Holzer
Inbunden, 2002
1100 kr
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Each year, hundreds of scholars and other enthusiasts mark the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address by gathering together in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania for the Lincoln Forum. There, leading historians reinterpret and rediscover the legacy of Abraham Lincoln. Now the best recent Lincoln Forum essays …
Lincoln Forum
Rediscovering Abraham Lincoln
Av John Y. Simon, John Y. Simon m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
444 kr
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Each year, hundreds of scholars and other enthusiasts mark the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address by gathering together in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania for the Lincoln Forum. There, leading historians reinterpret and rediscover the legacy of Abraham Lincoln. Now the best recent Lincoln Forum essays …
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
The First Complete, Unexpurgated Text
Häftad, 2004
488 kr
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The seven debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas held during the Illinois senatorial race of 1858 are among the most important statements in American political history, dramatic struggles over the issues that would tear apart the nation in the Civil War: the virtues of a republic and …
Lincoln on Democracy
Av Mario C. Cuomo, Harold Holzer
Häftad, 2004
488 kr
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Back in print after ten years, this unique book brings together 141 speeches, speech excerpts, letters, fragments, and other writings by Lincoln on the theme of democracy. Selected by leading historians, the writings include such standards as the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg …
Battle of Hampton Roads
New Perspectives on the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia
Av Harold Holzer, Tim Mulligan
Inbunden, 2006
1231 kr
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On March 8 and 9, 1862, a sea battle off the Virginia coast changed naval warfare forever. It began when the Confederate States Navy's CSS Virginia led a task force to break the Union blockade of Hampton Roads. The Virginia sank the USS Cumberland and forced the frigate Congress to surrender. …
Battle of Hampton Roads
New Perspectives on the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia
Av Harold Holzer, Tim Mulligan
Häftad, 2006
444 kr
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On March 8 and 9, 1862, a sea battle off the Virginia coast changed naval warfare forever. It began when the Confederate States Navy's CSS Virginia led a task force to break the Union blockade of Hampton Roads. The Virginia sank the USS Cumberland and forced the frigate Congress to surrender. …
Lincoln Assassination
Crime and Punishment Myth and MemoryA Lincoln Forum Book
Av Craig L. Symonds, Frank J. Williams m. fl.
Inbunden, 2010
582 kr
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The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln remains one of the most prominent events in U.S. history. It continues to attract enormous and intense interest from scholars, writers, and armchair historians alike, ranging from painstaking new research to wild-eyed speculation. At the end of the …
Lincoln Assassination
Crime and Punishment Myth and MemoryA Lincoln Forum Book
Av Craig L. Symonds, Frank J. Williams m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
338 kr
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The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln remains one of the most prominent events in U.S. history. It continues to attract enormous and intense interest from scholars, writers, and armchair historians alike, ranging from painstaking new research to wild-eyed speculation. At the end of the …
Exploring Lincoln
Great Historians Reappraise Our Greatest President
Av Craig L. Symonds, Frank J. Williams m. fl.
Inbunden, 2015
1290 kr
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Ubiquitous and enigmatic, the historical Lincoln, the literary Lincoln, even the cinematic Lincoln have all proved both fascinating and irresistible. Though some 16,000 books have been written about him, there is always more to say, new aspects of his life to consider, new facets of his persona to …
Exploring Lincoln
Great Historians Reappraise Our Greatest President
Av Craig L. Symonds, Frank J. Williams m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
342 kr
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Ubiquitous and enigmatic, the historical Lincoln, the literary Lincoln, even the cinematic Lincoln have all proved both fascinating and irresistible. Though some 16,000 books have been written about him, there is always more to say, new aspects of his life to consider, new facets of his persona to …
Civil War in 50 Objects
E-bok, 2013
82 kr
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The American companion to A History of the World in 100 Objects , a fresh, visual perspective on the Civil War From a soldier’s diary with the pencil still attached to John Brown’s pike, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the leaves from Abraham Lincoln’s bier, here is a unique and surprisingly …
Lincoln at Cooper Union
The Speech That Made Abraham Lincoln President
E-bok, 2006
213 kr
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Winner of the Lincoln Prize Lincoln at Cooper Union explores Lincoln''s most influential and widely reported pre-presidential address -- an extraordinary appeal by the western politician to the eastern elite that propelled him toward the Republican nomination for president. Delivered in New York in …
Lincoln President-Elect
Abraham Lincoln and the Great Secession Winter 1860-1861
E-bok, 2008
213 kr
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One of our most eminent Lincoln scholars, winner of a Lincoln Prize for his Lincoln at Cooper Union, examines the four months between Lincoln''s election and inauguration, when the president-elect made the most important decision of his coming presidency—there would be no compromise on slavery or …
