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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815471603321

Titolo

The Lincoln enigma : the changing faces of an American icon / / edited by Gabor Boritt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c2001

ISBN

0-19-771431-5

1-280-83536-2

0-19-803302-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 pages)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online.

Altri autori (Persone)

BorittG. S. <1940->

Disciplina

973.7092

973.7092B

Soggetti

Presidents - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2001.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; Acknowledgments; 1. Did He Dream of a Lily-White America? The Voyage to Linconia; 2. Young Man Lincoln; 3. Mary and Abraham: A Marriage; 4. Military Fantasies; 5. Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis as Commanders in Chief; 6. Apple of Gold in a Picture of Silver: The Constitution and Liberty; 7. Toward Appomattox, Toward Unconditional Surrender?; 8. The Riddle of Death; 9. Epilogue: Lincoln in "Modern" Art; Notes; For Further Reading: A Bibliography; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Boritt invites renowned Lincoln scholars to take a look at much-debated aspects of Lincoln's life, including his possible gay relationships, his plan to send blacks back to Africa, and his high-handed treatment of the Constitution.