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The Lincoln Enigma
Oxford University Press, USA 2001; US$ 22.99Nearly a century and a half after his death, Abraham Lincoln remains an intrinsic part of the American consciousness, yet his intentions as president and his personal character continue to stir debate. Now, in The Lincoln Enigma, Gabor Boritt invites renowned Lincoln scholars, and rising new voices, to take a look at much-debated aspects of Lincoln's... more...
Lincoln, the War President
Oxford University Press, USA 1994; US$ 29.99Americans interested in history need to make the pilgrimage to Gettysburg, writes Gabor Boritt in the Acknowledgments. In this book seven historians make that journey, five of them Pulitzer laureates, looking for Lincoln. Kenneth Stampp explores the issue of national self-determination, comparing the South's struggle for independence to others... more...
The Imperiled Union
Oxford University Press, USA 1981; US$ 24.99A collection of essays by a master historian. Amongst the subjects that Stampp tackles are the inevitability of the Civil War and the truth about why the confederacy actually died. The other essays are a mix of historiography and analysis of issues including Lincoln's role in reinforcing Fort Sumter, the impact of psychology in trading slaves,... more...
Lincoln on Race and Slavery
Princeton University Press 2009; US$ 20.95Generations of Americans have debated the meaning of Abraham Lincoln's views on race and slavery. He issued the Emancipation Proclamation and supported a constitutional amendment to outlaw slavery, yet he also harbored grave doubts about the intellectual capacity of African Americans, publicly used the n-word until at least 1862, and favored permanent... more...
Like a Meteor Blazing Brightly
Edinborough Press 2009; US$ 23.95The only biography on Ulric Dahlgren, a brilliant, ambitious young man who became the youngest full colonel in the United States Army at the age of 21 yet died before his 22nd birthday, this account chronicles his full life story. Offering evidence of Dahlgren’s ties to Abraham Lincoln, this extensively researched record addresses the theory... more...
Lincoln's Proclamation
The University of North Carolina Press 2009; US$ 21.95Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation is popularly regarded as a heroic act by a great American president. Widely remembered as the document that ended slavery, the proclamation in fact freed slaves only in the rebellious South (and not in the Border States, where slavery remained legal) and, effectively, only in the parts of the South occupied... more...
Abraham Lincoln and His Era: Using the American Memory Project to Teach with Primary Sources
ABC-CLIO 2009; US$ 35.00Utilizing primary sources from the Library of Congress website, this unique classroom resource presents ready-to-use lesson plans, analysis tools, and rubrics based on Abraham Lincoln and his era. more...
Lincoln and McClellan
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2010; US$ 12.99There was no more dynamic pair in the Civil War than Abraham Lincoln and George McClellan. Early in the war, McClellan, only thirty-five years old and commanding the Ohio troops, won skirmishes for the Union in western Virginia. After the disastrous Union defeat at Bull Run in the summer of 1861, Lincoln sent word for McClellan to come to Washington,... more...
Lincoln's Legacy of Leadership
Palgrave Macmillan 2009; US$ 105.00An in-depth look at Abraham Lincoln's leadership, both before and during his presidency. Lincoln led through times of confusion, war, and dissent. The set of chapters included in this volume are based on papers that constituted part of the 2008-2009 Jepson Leadership Forum at the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond. ... more...
Lincoln and McClellan
Palgrave Macmillan 2010; US$ 16.99The fascinating relationship between the two men who, at a pivotal moment during the Civil War, held the nation?s destiny in their hands more...









