52 Ergebnisse - Zeige 1 von 20.

The definitive biography of Daniel Chester French, the artist who created the statue for the Lincoln Memorial, John Harvard in Harvard Yard, and The Minute Man in Concord, Massachusetts.

From acclaimed Abraham Lincoln historian Harold Holzer, a groundbreaking account of Lincoln’s grappling with the politics of immigration against the backdrop of the Civil WarIn the three decades before the Civil War, some ten million foreign-born people settled in the United States, forever altering the nation’s demographics, culture, and—perhaps most significantly—voting patterns. America’s newest residents fueled the national economy, but th...

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.

An award-winning presidential historian offers an authoritative account of American presidents' attacks on our freedom of the press-including a new foreword chronicling the end of the Trump presidency. "The FAKE NEWS media, " Donald Trump has tweeted, "is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!" Has our free press ever faced as great a threat? Perhaps not-but the tension between presidents and journalists is as old as the republi...

The historical relationship between the United States President and the Press

An award-winning presidential historian offers an authoritative account of American presidents' attacks on our freedom of the press."The FAKE NEWS media, " Donald Trump has tweeted, "is not my enemy. It is the enemy of the American people." Never has our free press faced so great a threat. Yet the tension between presidents and journalists is as old as the republic itself. From George Washington to Trump, presidents have quarreled with, attack...

The artist who created the statue for the Lincoln Memorial, John Harvard in Harvard Yard, and The Minute Man in Concord, Massachusetts, Daniel Chester French (1850-1931) is America's best-known sculptor of public monuments. Monument Man is the first comprehensive biography of this fascinating figure and his illustrious career. Full of rich detail and beautiful archival photographs, Monument Man is a nuanced study of a preeminent artist whose ...

William Osborn Stoddard, Lincoln's "third secretary" who worked in the White House from 1861 to 1865, completed his autobiography in 1907. This book provides an introduction, afterword, and annotations and includes comments by Stoddard's granddaughter. It gives readers a window into the politics, life, and culture of the mid-nineteenth century.

Lincoln at Cooper Union explores Lincolns most influential and widely reported pre-presidential addressan extraordinary appeal by the western politician to the eastern elite that propelled him toward the Republican nomination for president. Delivered in New York in February 1860, the Cooper Union speech dispelled doubts about Lincolns suitability for the presidency and reassured conservatives of his moderation while reaffirming his opposition ...

Only hours into the new year of 1863, Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. Rather than remaining the highlight of the coming months, this act marked only the beginning of the most pivotal year of Lincoln's presidency and the most revolutionary twelve months of the Civil War. In recognition of the sesquicentennial of this tumultuous time, Civil War scholars explore the events and personalities that dominated 1863, providing a u...

Keine Beschreibung.

A fascinating examination of the relationship between Lincoln's image, the printmaker's craft, and the political culture that helped shape them both, "The Lincoln Image" documents how printmakers both chronicled and influenced the president's transformation into an American icon. 106 photos.

On March 8 and 9, 1862, a sea battle off the Virginia coast changed naval warfare forever. It bagan when the Confederate States Navy's CSS Virginia led a task force to break the Union blockade of Hampton Roads. The Virginia sank the USS Cumberland and forced the frigate Congress to surrender. Damaged by shore batteries, the Virginia retreated, returning the next day to find her way blocked by the newly arrived USS Monitor. The clash of ironcla...

How did President Abraham Lincoln come to believe that slavery was "morally wrong, " and that Congress needed to pass a law to abolish it once and for all? What did he do in January 1865—three months before he was assassinated—to ensure passage of the Thirteenth Amendment?This fast-paced, riveting book answers these questions and more as it tells the story of Lincoln's life and times from his upbringing in Kentucky and Illinois, through his wo...

A new book—and companion to the Steven Spielberg film—tracing how Abraham Lincoln came to view slavery . . . and came to end it.Steven Spielberg focused his movie Lincoln on the sixteenth president's tumultuous final months in office, when he pursued a course of action to end the Civil War, reunite the country, and abolish slavery. Invited by the filmmakers to write a special Lincoln book as a companion to the film, Harold Holzer, the distingu...

Keine Beschreibung.

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 Gre...

The Emancipation Proclamation is responsible both for Lincoln's being hailed as the Great Emancipator and for his being pilloried by those who consider his once-radical effort at emancipation insufficient. Holzer examines the impact of Lincoln's announcement at the moment of its creation, and then as its meaning has changed over time.