Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer PresidentAllen C. Guelzo, Henry R Luce Professor of the Civil War Era and Director of Civil War Era Studies Allen C Guelzo W.B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1999 - 516 páginas This major biography of Abraham Lincoln has won the prestigious Lincoln Prize, the annual award given to the best book in the Civil War field. Guelzo's superb work breaks new ground in exploring the role of ideas in Lincoln's life, treating him for the first time as a serious thinker deeply involved in the struggles of nineteenth-century thought. |
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And if this had been all that was necessary for paying the war's bills , no one
would have been happier than Salmon Chase , not only because it would have
made his task as secretary of the Treasury all the more easy , but because Chase
had ...
And if this had been all that was necessary for paying the war's bills , no one
would have been happier than Salmon Chase , not only because it would have
made his task as secretary of the Treasury all the more easy , but because Chase
had ...
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The Confederates were only part of Lincoln's equation of misery that summer .
Another major factor was Salmon Chase . The Treasury secretary's campaign to
drive Seward from the cabinet in 1862 had been fueled by the assumption that ...
The Confederates were only part of Lincoln's equation of misery that summer .
Another major factor was Salmon Chase . The Treasury secretary's campaign to
drive Seward from the cabinet in 1862 had been fueled by the assumption that ...
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launch a preemptive strike against Chase's presidential plans in a withering
speech to an “ Unconditional Union Meeting " at Rockville , Maryland . “ Rowdy "
and " blackguard ” were some of the kinder things Blair said about Chase and ...
launch a preemptive strike against Chase's presidential plans in a withering
speech to an “ Unconditional Union Meeting " at Rockville , Maryland . “ Rowdy "
and " blackguard ” were some of the kinder things Blair said about Chase and ...
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Crítica de los usuarios - twatson79 - LibraryThingVery engaging biography on Lincoln, detailing his philosophy, religiosity, and general thought life. Guelzo does well in showing Lincoln to be a man of deep convictions as well as showing how those ... Leer comentario completo
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The Strife of Ideas | 3 |
The American System | 26 |
The Costs of Union | 64 |
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