Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution |
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| Author:
| McPherson, James M. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-505542-9 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 1991 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $25.00 |
Book Description:
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"Essays that go right to the heart of the meaning of the war and Abraham Lincoln's role in it....Crystal-clear, well-reasoned, supremely informed essays....McPherson deftly and convincingly sketches out how Lincoln's vision and leadership made the necessary revolution possible"--The New York Times Book Review. "McPherson makes a compelling case for the revolutionary nature of the war"--The Washington Post Book World. "Serious without being dry, scholarly yet always readerly"--Boston Globe.
"Essays that go right to the heart of the meaning of the war and Abraham Lincoln's role in it....Crystal-clear, well-reasoned, supremely informed essays....McPherson deftly and convincingly sketches out how Lincoln's vision and leadership made the necessary revolution possible"--The New York Times Book Review. "McPherson makes a compelling case for the revolutionary nature of the war"--The Washington Post Book World. "Serious without being dry, scholarly yet always readerly"--Boston Globe.