The Lincoln Anthology: Great Writers on His Life and Legacy from 1860 to Now
by Harold Holzer (Editor)
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Brings together 110 selections by a diverse array of 95 writers from William Cullen Bryant to E. L. Doctorow. Represents a composite portrait of our greatest president told by the journalists, biographers, satirists, essayists, novelists, clergymen, poets, play-wrights, historians, memoirists, and statesmen who have shaped our understanding of Lincoln and his complex and crucial legacy over the last 150 years.Tags
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Loved, loved, loved! Absolutely fascinating. We necessarily see Lincoln through the distorted lens of history I have so enjoyed learning what his contemporaries thought (especially when their opinions just infuriated his wife); and tracing the path of public opinion on its way to creating the legend that is Lincoln in the 21st century.
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Harold Holzer is one of the leading authorities on Abraham Lincoln and the political culture of the Civil War era. He is a prolific writer and lecturer. He has written, co-written and edited over 30 books including Abraham Lincoln, The Writer (2000), which was named to the Children's Literature Choice List and the Bank Street Best Children's Books show more of the Year, and Lincoln at Cooper Union: The Speech That Made Abraham Lincoln President (2004), which won a 2005 Lincoln Prize. He has also written over 425 popular magazine and scholarly journal articles and numerous pamphlets and monographs. He has won numerous awards including the Barondess Award of the Civil War Round Table of New York five times; the Award of Achievement from the Lincoln Group of New York three times; a 1988 George Washington Medal; the 2000 Newman Book Award; and the 2008 National Humanities Medal. He is the Senior Vice President for External Affairs at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Lincoln Anthology: Great Writers on His Life and Legacy from 1860 to Now
- Original publication date
- 2008-12-26
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- Abraham Lincoln
- Important events
- American Civil War
- Publisher's editor
- Harold Holzer;
- Original language
- English
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- This is an omnibus unique to the Library of America; therefore, all CK facts apply to this publication only.
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