Lincoln a president for the ages

• Other Authors: Weber, Karl 1953- (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York Public Affairs 2012
• Series: A Participant Media guide
• Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham > 1809-1865 > Philosophy; Lincoln, Abraham > 1809-1865 > Political and social views; United States > Politics and government > Decision making
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"Lincoln, in theaters November 9, portrays America's 16th president when he faced two colossal challenges: winning the Civil War, and passing the Thirteenth Amendment, outlawing slavery and making permanent the promise of the Emancipation Proclamation. The politics of wartime, which requir...

Table of Contents:

• The faces of Lincoln / |r Karl Weber
• |t Elizabeth Keckley : bringing an extraordinary woman to the screen / |r Gloria Reuben
• |t "A sacred effort" : Lincoln's unfinished journey from slavery to freedom / |r Henry Louis Gates Jr.
• |t "By no means excluding females" : Abraham Lincoln and women's suffrage / |r Jean Baker
• |t Lincoln, FDR, and the growth of Federal power / |r Daniel Farber
• |t "That this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away" : Lincoln and the Hiroshima decision / |r James Tackach
• |t At the end of two wars : 1865 and 1945, Lincoln and Roosevelt / |r Allen C. Guelzo
• |t Abraham Lincoln : the president as outlaw / |r James Malanowski
• |t President Abraham Lincoln confronts the War on Terror / |r the Honorable Frank J. Williams
• |t "Public opinion is everything" : Lincoln the communicator / |r Douglas L. Wilson
• |t "The almighty has his own purposes" : Abraham Lincoln and the Christian right / |r Richard Carwardine
• |t The real Lincoln is the icon : an interview with Andrew Ferguson
• |t Lincoln, the unlikely celebrity / |r Harold Holzer.