books by Harold Holzer     books:       Lincoln's America: 1809-1865 Southern Illinois University Press, 2008 To fully understand and appreciate Abraham Lincoln's legacy, it is important to examine the society that influenced the life, character, and leadership of the man who would become the Great Emancipator. Editors Joseph R. Fornieri and Sara Vaughn Gabbard have done just that in Lincoln's America: 1809-1865 , a collection of new and original essays by ten eminent historians that place Lincoln within his nineteenth-century cultural context. Among ...             Lincoln Legends: Myths, Hoaxes, and Confabulations Associated with Our Greatest President3 reviews Edward Steers Jr. University Press of Kentucky, 2007 A great resource This was such an engrossing and captivating book that I read it in only a couple of days. Of all of the many, many, many books already published about President Lincoln, this one is a most worthy addition to the canon. For many people who have grown up treasuring or swearing by urban legends or outright historical falsehoods (such as Betsy Ross making the first American flag or President ...             The Lincoln-Douglas Debates: The First Complete, Unexpurgated Text4 reviews Harold Holzer Fordham University Press, 2004 The Lincoln-Douglas Debates: There Were Giants in Those Days The series of debates in Illinois between Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln during the 1858 campaign for the U.S. Senate are one of those legendary political encounters of which everyone has heard but few have gone back and actually read. However, since Lincoln never kept any of his papers prior to winning the Presidency, we do not have autograph copies of his Cooper Union or House Divided ...             Judging Lincoln2 reviews Frank J Williams Southern Illinois University Press, 2002 Williams Book Judged to be Excellent! This is an outstanding compilation of thoughtful and provocative essays offered by Judge Frank J. Williams. Anyone with an interest in Lincoln should add this volume to their library. Well written and lucid, Williams provides a highly balanced look at the motivations and actions of the 16th President, with a keen eye to historical accuracy, historiography, historical memory, and balance. ...             Abraham Lincoln the Writer: A Treasury of His Greatest Speeches and Letters1 review Abraham Lincoln Boyds Mills Press, 2000 Not a necessity, but a solid addition This compilation of primary source materials is arranged inchronological chapters, with the table of contents acting as anoutline of what is to come. An excellent introduction creates a vivid context for the period. Many pieces are not in their entirety, but excerpted. Holzer's vibrant writing is a fascinating mix of biography and political history that provides setup and commentary for each ...             Lincoln at Cooper Union: The Speech That Made Abraham Lincoln President (Simon & Schuster Lincoln Library)15 reviews Harold Holzer Simon & Schuster, 2006 How Lincoln got creditable.... Harold Holzer's book on Abraham Lincoln's speech at Cooper Union gives a clarity to the importance of that speech and how it affected Lincoln as a speaker, politican and future candidate for his Republican Party. While Lincoln was well known among the western states, he wasn't that well regarded along the northeastern seaboard. One of the most important things about the book was how the author ...             In Lincoln's Hand: His Original Manuscripts with Commentary by Distinguished Americans Harold Holzer, Joshua Shenk Bantam, 2009 His Original Manuscripts with Commentary by Distinguished Americans On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln?s birth and in conjunction with the Library of Congress 2009 Bicentennial Exhibition, In Lincoln?s Hand offers an unprecedented look at perhaps our greatest president through vivid images of his handwritten letters, speeches, and even childhood notebooks?many never before made available to the public. Edited by ...             Lincoln and Freedom: Slavery, Emancipation, and the Thirteenth Amendment1 review Southern Illinois University Press, 2007 Must read. Great new interpretations on slavery, emancipation, and the pivotal role they played in nineteenth century history. A very insightful, enlightening, and interesting read.             The Emancipation Proclamation: Three Views (Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War)2 reviews Harold Holzer, Edna Greene Medford, ... Louisiana State University Press, 2006 Not definitive but interesting I found the Holzer section particularly insightful. He has brought together a lot of material I was unaware of and increased my knowlege of this segment of Lincoln material. The Williams article was very logically prsented and precise.             Lincoln President-Elect: Abraham Lincoln and the Great Secession Winter 1860-1861 Harold Holzer Simon & Schuster, 2008 One of our most eminent Lincoln scholars, winner of a Lincoln Prize for his Lincoln at Cooper Union, examines the four months between Lincoln's election and inauguration, when the president-elect made the most important decision of his coming presidency -- there would be no compromise on slavery or secession of the slaveholding states, even at the cost of civil war. Abraham Lincoln first demonstrated his determination and leadership in the ...             The Lincoln Family Album2 reviews Mark E. Neely, Harold Holzer Southern Illinois University Press, 2006 Review of "The Lincoln Family Album" Mark Neely has compiled a fascinating collection of the Lincoln family's pictures from their family album. What's interesting is what is NOT included in the album: not many photographs of Abraham Lincoln, perhaps the most photographed president of the 19th century. But the pictures of his children and grandchildren are especially interesting and poignant, especially those of a grandson named ...             The Battle of Hampton Roads: New Perspectives on the USS Monitor And the CSS Virginia (Mariner's Museum)2 reviews Harold Holzer, Tim Mulligan Fordham University Press, Copublished with The Mariners Museum, 2006 An Excellent Series of Scholarly Papers I suspect that anyone with even a modest interest in American history has heard of the battle of Hampton Roads between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (ex-Merrimac). The battle essentially ended in a tie with the two ships injured but still functional. This book is the report on a symposium held at the Mariners Museum in nearby Newport News. Fittingly it was held on March 5, 2003, the ...             Abraham Lincoln: Portrayed in the Collections of the Indiana Historical Society1 review Harold Holzer Indiana Historical Society Press, 2006 A work of impressive, detailed and original scholarship Harold Holzer is co[-chairman of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission and an acknowledged authority on Abraham Lincoln and the political culture of the Civil War era. Therefore he brings a very special expertise to compiling and editing "Abraham Lincoln Portrayed In The Collections of The Indiana Historical Society", a 264 page volume that includes 150 images (many of which are in full ...             Private Soldiers and Public Heroes: An American Album of the Common Man's Civil War from the Pages of Civil ... Rutledge Hill Press, 1998             Lincoln Seen and Heard1 review Harold Holzer University Press of Kansas, 2000 Lincoln Seen & Heard With its reproduction of over 50 rare prints from the 19th century, Harold Holzer's LINCOLN SEEN & HEARD is a rare treasure trove of Lincoln images. Holzer, author of several studies on Abraham Lincoln, offers rich biographical and historical details during his visual and textual analysis. Holzer's study of Lincoln's public image in iconography and language is logically divided into thematic ...             Lincoln on Democracy6 reviews Mario Cuomo, Harold Holzer Fordham University Press, 2004 The best short compilation of Lincoln's speeches & writings This is a book of the highest caliber, making available in a compact and accessible form a set of speeches, letters, and other writings by President Lincoln that rank in importance with the Federalist Papers, speeches by the American founding fathers, and even to some extent philosophical works like Locke's *Second Treatise* and Rousseau's *Social Contract*. I have used this book in a course in ...             The President Is Shot!: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln1 review Harold Holzer Boyds Mills Press, 2004 EXCELLENT FOR YOUNG READERS... I bought my copy of this book in the basement of Ford's Theater. I read a good deal of it to my family by the light of the lone bulb in our Catoctin Mountain cabin on warm July evening. Nostalgia and warm feelings play a part in this review. That said, this is not the first work on Lincoln I have read by Mr. Holzer. I have enjoyed greatly his various compilations of things written by or about ...             Lincoln's White House Secretary: The Adventurous Life of William O.Stoddard Southern Illinois University Press, 2007 William Osborn Stoddard, Lincoln?s ?third secretary? who worked alongside John G. Nicolay and John Hay in the White House from 1861 to 1865, completed his autobiography in 1907, one of more than one hundred books he wrote. An abridged version was published by his son in 1955 as ?Lincoln?s Third Secretary: The Memoirs of William O. Stoddard.?  In this new, edited version, Lincoln?s White House Secretary: The Adventurous Life of William O. ...             Lincoln in the Times: The Life of Abraham Lincoln, as Originally Reported in The New York Times1 review David Herbert Donald, Harold Holzer St. Martin's Press, 2005 A Man for All Times Two of the best of Lincoln's men, David Herbert Donald and Harold Holzer, have edited a book every person interested in Abraham Lincoln and/or newspaper coverage in the Civil War era should own. While a solid effort throughout, I found the second half of this book the most interesting. The reports printed in the New York Times on the last days of the war through the assassination conspiracy ...             Lincoln Revisited: New Insights from the Lincoln Forum (Lincoln Forum Books)1 review Harold Holzer, Dawn Vogel Copublished with the Lincoln Forum, 2007 A Good Visit The Lincoln Forum provides a continuing service to those of us with a fascination for the life and times of Abraham Lincoln. This book is a product of the Forum's good work, with chapters on diverse topics, albeit all related in some way to Mr. Lincoln, by many esteemed scholars. 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