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Author:

Holzer, Harold

Title:

Lincoln seen and heard / Harold Holzer.

Publisher:

University Press of Kansas,

Copyright Date:

c2000

Description:

xi, 226 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-216) and index.

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.

ISBN:

9780700610013
0700610014 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)42296671

LCCN:

99043535

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)