| Description |
1 online resource (68 p.) : ill. (some col.), col. map. |
| Note |
Title from title screen (viewed on May 27, 2009). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 62-63). |
| Contents |
Preface / George Clack -- What Lincoln Means to Me / Eileen Mackevich -- What Abraham Lincoln Means to Americans Today / Andrew Ferguson -- Groundwork for Greatness: Abraham Lincoln to 1854 / Douglas L. Wilson -- Path to the White House: Abraham Lincoln From 1854 / Michael Jay Friedman -- A New Look for Lincoln / Meghan Loftus -- Lincoln as Commander-in-Chief / Peter Cozzens -- Lincoln as Diplomat / Howard Jones -- Lincoln as Emancipator / Michael Jay Friedman -- The Words That Moved a Nation / Ronald C. White, Jr. -- Words of Wisdom -- Additional Resources. |
| Summary |
"The year 2009 marks the bicentennial of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, the nation's 16th president, and the man often considered its greatest leader. As the United States endured its greatest crisis, this self-educated common man supplied the leadership and the moral force that bound Americans together and carried them to victory. His vision spanned diplomacy and military strategy, political thought and elemental justice for all Americans --- including the African-American slaves he emancipated. The essays gathered here introduce readers to this "best and most widely acclaimed of all Americans.""--Dept. of State website. |
| Subject |
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
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Political leadership -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.
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| Added Author |
Clack, George.
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Friedman, Michael Jay.
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United States. Department of State. Bureau of International Information Programs.
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| Gpo Item No. |
0900-E (online) |
| Sudoc No. |
S 20.2:L 63 |
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