Deat Mr Lincoln HB - Hardcover

HOLZER

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0201632896 ISBN 13: 9780201632897

Publisher: Addison Wesley Longman Publishing Co, 1993

Synopsis

A collection of letters written to Abraham Lincoln between the years of 1860 and 1865 offers insight into a cultural and political era and contains both letters of hate and letters of admiration.

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Review

"Holzer has assembled a priceless collection of letters written to Abraham Lincoln while he was president. From his election to his assassination, Lincoln was deluged with unofficial correspondence from ordinary citizens pertaining to a wide variety of topics.... Delightfully literate."

" This work provides a fascinating account of the thoughts of a nation as directed to President Lincoln through correspondence." -- "Library Journal"

" Just when it appears that everything that could possibly be published about the presidency of Abraham Lincoln is already in print, along comes the remarkable Harold Holzer with yet another interesting and insightful volume." -- "Illinois"" Issues"
" Holzer has assembled a priceless collection of letters written to Abraham Lincoln while he was president. From his election to his assassination, Lincoln was deluged with unofficial correspondence from ordinary citizens pertaining to a wide variety of topics. . . . Delightfully literate." -- "Booklist"
"Just when it appears that everything that could possibly be published about the presidency of Abraham Lincoln is already in print, along comes the remarkable Harold Holzer with yet another interesting and insightful volume."--"Illinois"" Issues"

"Holzer has assembled a priceless collection of letters written to Abraham Lincoln while he was president. From his election to his assassination, Lincoln was deluged with unofficial correspondence from ordinary citizens pertaining to a wide variety of topics. . . . Delightfully literate."--"Booklist"

"Just when it appears that everything that could possibly be published about the presidency of Abraham Lincoln is already in print, along comes the remarkable Harold Holzer with yet another interesting and insightful volume."--"Illinois"" Issues"

"Holzer has assembled a priceless collection of letters written to Abraham Lincoln while he was president. From his election to his assassination, Lincoln was deluged with unofficial correspondence from ordinary citizens pertaining to a wide variety of topics. . . . Delightfully literate."--"Booklist"

"This work provides a fascinating account of the thoughts of a nation as directed to President Lincoln through correspondence."--"Library Journal "

This work provides a fascinating account of the thoughts of a nation as directed to President Lincoln through correspondence. "Library Journal ""

About the Author

Harold Holzer is Chief Communications Officer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. He is the author of many books on the Civil War era, including Lincoln on Democracy with Mario Cuomo, Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: The Civil War in Art with Mark E. Neely, Jr., and The Lincoln-Douglas Debates: The First Complete Unexpurgated Text. For Dear Mr. Lincoln Mr. Holzer won the Barondess/Lincoln Award of the Civil War and the Award of Achievment of the Lincoln Group of New York. He has recieved numerous other awards and honorary degrees for his Lincoln scholarship.

Edition details

• Publisher: Addison Wesley Longman Publishing Co
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0201632896
• ISBN 13: 9780201632897
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 380