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"The career and character of Abraham Lincoln never ceases to intrigue and fascinate both historians and laymen. As the bicentennial of his birth approaches, we can expect an acceleration aspects of his life. This series of essays by noted Lincoln scholars, originally presented as lectures at the Lincoln Forum, an annual meeting held each November in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, is a superb collection that covers a wide variety of topics and offers fresh perspectives on Lincoln’s political views, religious impulses, and some of his more controversial actions as president. Joseph Fornieri examines the basis of Lincoln’s moral opposition to slavery as expressed in a speech delivered in Peoria, Illinois, in 1854. Lucas E. Moral describes the intersection between Lincoln’s political and religious views as expressed in the Lincoln-Douglas debates. Craig Symons offers an interesting analysis of the often-contentious relationship between Lincoln and his naval commanders. These and the other essays make a valuable contribution."—Booklist
"Essays on the life and politics of Abraham Lincoln; topics include links between his religioius and political views, and his often troubled relationship with Union naval commanders."—The Chronicle of Higher Education
“A stellar list of contributors who offer their take on various aspects of Abraham Lincon’s life and presidency.”—Hans L. Trefousse, Brooklyn College and City University of New York In February 2009, America celebrates the bicentennial of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, and the pace of new Lincoln books and articles has already quickened. From his cabinet’s politics to his own struggles with depression, Lincoln remains the most written-about story in our history. And each year historians find something new and important to say about the greatest of our Presidents.
Lincoln Revisited is a masterly guidebook to what’s new and what’s noteworthy in this unfolding story—a brilliant gathering of fresh scholarship by the leading Lincoln historians of our time. Brought together by The Lincoln Forum, they tackle uncharted territory and emerging questions; they also take a new look at established debates—including those about their own landmark works.
Here, these well-known historians revisit key chapters in Lincoln’s legacy—from Matthew Pinsker on Lincoln’s private life and Jean Baker on religion and the Lincoln marriage to Geoffrey Perret on Lincoln as leader and Frank J. Williams on Lincoln and civil liberties in wartime.
The eighteen original essays explore every corner of Lincoln’s world—religion and politics, slavery and sovereignty, presidential leadership and the rule of law, the Second Inaugural Address and the assassination.
In his 1947 classic, Lincoln Reconsidered, David Herbert Donald confronted the Lincoln myth. Today, the scholars in Lincoln Revisited give a new generation of students, scholars, and citizens the perspectives vital for understanding the constantly reinterpreted genius of Abraham Lincoln.
The contributors: Jean Baker, Daniel Mark Epstein, Joseph R. Fornieri, William C. Harris, Harold Holzer, John F. Marszalek, William Lee Miller, Lucas E. Morel, Geoffrey Perret, Matthew Pinsker, Jean Edward Smith, John Y. Simon, Edward Steers, Jr., Craig L. Symonds, Michael Vorenberg, Ronald C. White, Jr., Frank J. Williams, and Garry Wills.
| JOHN Y. SIMON is Professor of History at Southern Illinois University. |
| HAROLD HOLZER, co-chair of the U.S. Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, has authored, co-authored, or edited twenty-three books, most recently Lincoln at Cooper Union:
The Speech That Made Abraham Lincoln President. |
| DAWN VOGEL is an editor of The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant. |
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