Displaying 1 of 1 2001 Format: Book Title: Abraham Lincoln, slavery, and the Civil War : selected writings and speeches / edited by Michael P. Johnson. Call Number: 973.7 Ab82 Publisher, Date: Boston : Bedford/St . Martin's, c2001. Description: xxiii, 358 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. Series: Bedford series in history and culture. Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Views on slavery. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Military leadership. Slavery -- United States -- History. Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- United States. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns. United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865. Other Contributor: Johnson, Michael P., 1941- Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 342-346) and index. LCCN: 00104126 ISBN: 0312227639 (hardcover) 0312208545 (pbk.) OCLC: 45370065 System Availability: 1 # System items in: 1 # Local items: 1 # Local items in: 1 Current Holds: 0 Place Request Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Large Cover Image Trade Reviews Library Journal ReviewLincoln, Slavery, and the Civil War are three topics that continue to interest both scholarly and popular readers. Johnson (history, Johns Hopkins), the author of numerous historical studies and texts, including Reading the American Past: Selected Historical Documents, uses Lincoln's own utterances to shed light on the thought of this intriguing public figure and to tell the story of this highly significant conflict. This volume contains more than 170 samples of Lincoln's private and public writings arranged around relevant topics with informative headnotes, a chronology, and questions to challenge the reader and fuel debate. This is a good acquisition for academic and public libraries of all sizes, but for more comprehensive coverage libraries might choose the classic texts Life and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, edited by Philip Van Doren Stern (Modern Library, 1999) or the two-volume Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher (Library of America, 1989).DTheresa McDevitt, Indiana Univ. of Pennsylvania Lib. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
