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The Gettysburg Address in translation : what it really means
Explains the Gettysburg Address in a way kids can understand, with the primary-source document side by side with the explanation. Also includes context and Why Should You Care? feature.
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Abraham Lincoln's Wilderness Years
Abraham Lincoln spent a quarter of his life-from 1816 to
1830, ages 7 to 21-learning and growing in southwestern Indiana.
Despite the importance of these formative years, Lincoln rarely
discussed this period, and with his sudden, untimely death in 1865,
mysterious gaps appear in recorded history.
In Abraham Lincoln's Wilderness Years , Joshua Claybourn
collects and annotates the most significant scholarship from J.
Edward Murr, one of the only writers to cover this lost period of
Lincoln's life. A Hoosier minister who grew up with the 16th
president's cousins, Murr interviewed locals who knew Lincoln. Part
I features selected portions of Murr's book-length manuscript on
Lincoln's youth, published here for the first time. Part II offers
a series by Murr on Lincoln's life in Indiana, originally printed
in the Indiana Magazine of History . Part III reveals
letters between Murr and US Senator Albert J. Beveridge, a
prominent historian, about Beveridge's early manuscript of the
biography Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1858 .
Of all Lincoln's biographers, none knew his boyhood associates
and Indiana environment as well as Murr, whose complete Lincoln
research and scholarship have never been published-until now.
Abraham Lincoln's Wilderness Years preserves and
celebrates this important source material, unique for studying
Lincoln's boyhood years in Indiana.
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Memories of Lincoln and the Splintering of American Political Thought
In the aftermath of the Civil War, Republicans and Democrats who
advocated conflicting visions of American citizenship could agree
on one thing: the rhetorical power of Abraham Lincoln's life. This
volume examines the debates over his legacy and their impact on
America's future.
In the thirty-five years following Lincoln's assassination,
acquaintances of Lincoln published their memories of him in
newspapers, biographies, and edited collections in order to gain
fame, promote partisan aims, champion his hardscrabble past and
exalted rise, and define his legacy. Shawn Parry-Giles and David
Kaufer explore how style, class, and character affected these
reminiscences. They also analyze the ways people used these
writings to reinforce their beliefs about citizenship and
presidential leadership in the United States, with specific
attention to the fissure between republicanism and democracy that
still exists today. Their study employs rhetorical and corpus
research methods to assess more than five hundred
reminiscences.
A novel look at how memories of Lincoln became an important form
of political rhetoric, this book sheds light on how divergent
schools of U.S. political thought came to recruit Lincoln as their
standard-bearer.
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Lincoln and Democratic Statesmanship
Our ideas of statesmanship are fraught with seeming contradictions: The democratic statesman is true to the people’s wishes and views-but also capable of standing against popular opinion when necessary. The statesman rises above conflicts and seeks compromise between parties-but also stands firmly for what is right. Abraham Lincoln, perhaps more than any other political figure in US history, affords us an opportunity to evaluate the philosophical, political, and practical implications of these paradoxical propositions. Asking whether and how Lincoln acted in a statesmanly manner at critical moments, the authors of this volume aim to clarify what precisely statesmanship might be; their work illuminates important themes and events in Lincoln’s career even as it broadens and sharpens our understanding of the general nature of statesmanship. One of Lincoln's abiding themes was foreshadowed in his Lyceum Address, delivered when he was not yet thirty: the call for the prevalence of a sort of public opinion that he characterized as a political religion. As it relates to democratic statesmanship, what does Lincoln's political religion have to do with religion per se? How, in his role as statesman as a master of democratic speech, did Lincoln handle the two major issues he faced as a political leader: slavery and the war? In attempting to meet the demand that he use acceptable means to achieve his ends, did Lincoln-can any statesman-keep his hands clean? Are there inevitable transgressions that a statesman must commit? These are among the topics the authors take on as they consider Lincoln's democratic and rhetorical statesmanship, on occasion drawing comparisons with his contemporaries Henry Clay and Stephen Douglas or even such a distant forerunner as Pericles. Finally, framing statesmanship in terms of three factors-knowledge of the political good of a community, circumstance, and the best possible action in light of these two-this volume renders a nuanced, deeply informed judgment on what distinguishes Lincoln as a statesman, and what distinguishes a statesman from a (mere) politician.
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Lincoln and the Bluegrass
The Bluegrass region of Kentucky was the only part of the slaveholding South Abraham Lincoln knew intimately. How the cultural environment of Lexington, the home of Lincoln's wife, with its pleasure-loving aristocracy, its distinguished political leaders, and its slave auctions shaped his opinions on slavery and secession is traced in these pages.
In this city, early known as the \"Athens of the West,\" Lincoln's alliance with the Todd family widened his circle of acquaintances to include such diverse personalities as the fiery Cassius M. Clay, who urged immediate emancipation; Dr. Robert J. Breckinridge, courageous Presbyterian minister, and the doctor's nephew, John C. Breckinridge, who took up arms against Lincoln after his election to the presidency.
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Lincoln, Seward, and US Foreign Relations in the Civil War Era
The Civil War marked a significant turning point in American history -- not only for the United States itself but also for its relations with foreign powers both during and after the conflict. The friendship and foreign policy partnership between President Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of State William Henry Seward shaped those US foreign policies. These unlikely allies, who began as rivals during the 1860 presidential nomination, helped ensure that America remained united and prospered in the aftermath of the nation's consuming war.
InLincoln, Seward, and US Foreign Relations in the Civil War Era, Joseph A. Fry examines the foreign policy decisions that resulted from this partnership and the legacy of those decisions. Lincoln and Seward, despite differences in upbringing, personality, and social status, both adamantly believed in the preservation of the union and the need to stymie slavery. They made that conviction the cornerstone of their policies abroad, and through those policies, such as Seward threatening war with any nation that intervened in the Civil War, they prevented European intervention that could have led to Northern defeat. The Union victory allowed America to resume imperial expansion, a dynamic that Seward sustained beyond Lincoln's death during his tenure as President Andrew Johnson's Secretary of State.
Fry's analysis of the Civil War from an international perspective and the legacy of US policy decisions provides a more complete view of the war and a deeper understanding of this crucial juncture in American history.
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