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The Lincoln Mailbag: America Writes to the President, 1861-1865
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Description for The Lincoln Mailbag: America Writes to the President, 1861-1865
Paperback. As president, Abraham Lincoln received correspondence from public officials, political allies, and military leaders, as well as letters from ordinary Americans of all races. This book includes letters written by African Americans, which Lincoln never saw, offering a different representation of the nation's mood. Editor(s): Holzer, Harold. Num Pages: 296 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
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 saw, revealing to readers a more accurate representation of the ... Read more
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 saw, revealing to readers a more accurate representation of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Carbondale, United States
ISBN
9780809326853
SKU
V9780809326853
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About
Harold Holzer is the senior vice president for external affairs at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Among the country's leading authorities on Abraham Lincoln and the political culture of the Civil War era, Holzer is the author, coauthor, or editor of twenty-three books - including The Lincoln Image, The Lincoln Family Album, and Lincoln at Cooper Union: The Speech that ... Read more
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