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Item Details
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DEAR MR. LINCOLN
LETTERS TO THE PRESIDENT |
| By: |
Harold Holzer (Editor) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£26.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0809326868 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780809326860 |
| Publisher: |
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
20 January, 2006 |
| Edition: |
2nd Revised edition |
| Pages: |
400 |
| Description: |
During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln received many letters that expressed the concerns, aspirations, and obsessions of the nation. This collection includes correspondence from ordinary Americans requesting autographs and favours, as well as pleas from the influential. It portrays a president eager to respond to the advice and criticism. |
| Synopsis: |
During the Civil War, Americans felt themselves to be on intimate terms with their commander in chief, sending President Abraham Lincoln between two hundred and five hundred pieces of mail every day - letters that expressed the concerns, aspirations, grievances, and obsessions of the nation. Ranging from weighty political tomes to greetings accompanying homespun gifts, the letters reflect the pulse of the country in a time of upheaval. This illuminating collection includes straightforward correspondence from ordinary Americans requesting autographs and favours, as well as pleas from the influential, such as the anguished open letter from "New York Tribune" publisher, Horace Greeley, imploring Lincoln to end his "remiss" policy of caution on emancipation. This new paperback edition, featuring twenty-two illustrations, portrays a president clearly eager to review and respond to the advice, criticism, and requests of the nation's citizens. |
| Illustrations: |
22 illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Southern Illinois University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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