Lincoln seen and heard / Harold Holzer.

Author/creator Holzer, Harold
Format Book
Publication InfoLawrence : University Press of Kansas, ©2000.
Descriptionxi, 226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Oratory.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Public opinion.
Public opinion--United States. --History. --19th century.
Political culture--United States. --History. --19th century.
Prints, American.
Prints--19th century. --United States.

Contents "Prized in every liberty-loving household": the image of the great emancipator in the graphic arts -- "That attractive rainbow": the image of Lincoln as commander in chief -- Dying to be seen: prints of the Lincoln assassination -- The mirror image of Civil War memory: Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis in popular prints -- With malice toward one, or "ridicule without much malice?" Lincoln in caricature reconsidered -- Lincoln in confederate cartoons: a "lean-sided Yankee," seldom seen -- "Tokens of respect" and "heartfelt thanks": how Lincoln coped with presidential gifts -- "Avoid saying foolish things": the legacy of Lincoln's impromptu oratory -- The poetry and prose of the Emancipation Proclamation -- Lincoln's "flat failure": the Gettysburg myth revisited.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [199]-216) and index.
LCCN 99043535
ISBN0700610014 (alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks E457.6 .H66 2000 ✔ Available Place Hold