Description
Book SynopsisIn this collection of essays written with his characteristically inviting prose, William Harris draws on decades of scholarship on America’s most highly regarded president to provide a fresh and fuller treatment of aspects of Lincoln’s political career and legacy that have not been adequately analyzed by historians or biographers.
Trade Review"William C. Harris has done it again—in Lincoln Illuminated and Remembered, the master storyteller has managed to find something new to say about Lincoln that helps illuminate gaps and misunderstandings about the sixteenth president. With his vast understanding of Lincoln and his remarkable insight, Harris provides fresh material on Lincoln’s leadership and the unprecedented challenges that he and his contemporaries faced in preserving the Union."—Stephen D. Engle, author of Gathering to Save a Nation: Lincoln and the Union’s War Governors
"Lincoln Illuminated and Remembered indeed illuminates the lesser-known facets of Lincoln’s career, including his persistent efforts to persuade border states to abolish slavery on their own, the long shadow of his opposition to the Mexican War, and his response to Confederate raiders operating from Canada. William C. Harris demonstrates that no matter how much we think we know about Lincoln, there is always more to learn."—James H. Read, author of Sovereign of a Free People: Abraham Lincoln, Majority Rule, and Slavery
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Lincoln’s Leadership: An Overview and Assessment
- 2. The Influence of the Mexican-American War on Lincoln
- 3. Compensated Emancipation: A Lincoln Plan to Abolish Slavery and End the Civil War
- 4. Lincoln, the Law, and Rebel Guerrillas
- 5. James Rood Doolittle: Lincoln’s Champion in the Senate
- Notes
- Essay on Sources
- Index
