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.
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