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UNINA9910778977803321 |
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Autore |
Holzer Harold |
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Titolo |
The Lincoln mailbag [[electronic resource] ] : America writes to the president, 1861-1865 |
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Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, 2006 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (297 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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HolzerHarold |
LincolnAbraham <1809-1865.> |
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Soggetti |
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Correspondence |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Sources |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Book Title; Copyright Page; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; A Note on Editorial Methods; Photo Gallery; 1861; 1862; 1863; 1864; 1865; Index; Author Bio; Back Cover |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 acclaimed volume Dear Mr. Lincoln, editor Harold Holzer has rescued these voices-sometimes eloquent, occasionally angry, at times poetic-from the obscurity of the archives of the Civil War. The Lincoln Mailbag includes letters written by African Americans, which Lincoln never sa |
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