Lincoln on Democracy - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0823223434 ISBN 13: 9780823223435

Publisher: Fordham University Press, 2004

Synopsis

Back in print after ten years, this unique book brings together 141 speeches, speech excerpts, letters, fragments, and other writings by Lincoln on the theme of democracy. Selected by leading historians, the writings include such standards as the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address, but also such little-seen writings as a letter assuring a general that the President felt safe—drafted just three days before Lincoln’s assassination.

In this richly annotated chronology, the writings are grouped into seven sections with introductions written by well-known historians: Gabor Borritt, William E. Gienapp, Charles B. Strozier, Richard Nelson Current, James M. McPherson, Mark E. Neely, Jr., and Hans L. Trefousse. In addition, each section’s title page displays a photograph of Lincoln from the time period covered in that section, with a paragraph describing the source and the occasion for which the photograph was made.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Everything the Great Emancipator had to say on the subject of democracy, illuminated by essays from the nation's foremost Civil War historians.

About the Author:

Mario M. Cuomo is the former Governor of New York.

Harold Holzer is a leading expert on Abraham Lincoln. His most recent book for Fordham was The Lincoln-Douglas Debates: The First Complete, Unexpurgated Text.

About this edition

• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0823223434
• ISBN 13: 9780823223435
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416
• Editor: Holzer Harold, Cuomo Mario