Bibliograph

Abraham Lincoln, redeemer President, Allen C. Guelzo

Type

Label

Abraham Lincoln, redeemer President, Allen C. Guelzo

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

maps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Abraham Lincoln

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

53154230

Responsibility statement

Allen C. Guelzo

Sub title

redeemer President

Summary

This text is a unique intellectual biography of America's most celebrated president. It fills a conspicuous void by shedding new light not only on Lincoln but also on the religious and intellectual culture of the nineteenth century

Table Of Contents

Acknowledgments -- Map of Abraham Lincoln's Illinois -- Introduction: Strife of ideas -- American system -- Costs of union -- Doctrine of necessity -- Fuel of interest -- Moral principle is all that unites us -- Accidental president -- War in a conciliatory style -- Voice out of the whirlwind -- Whig Jupiter -- Malice toward none -- Epilogue: Redeemer president -- Note on the sources -- Index

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