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In 1876 the abolitionist Frederick Douglass observed, "No man can say anything that is new of Abraham Lincoln." Undeterred, the contributors to Our Lincoln believe it is possible even now, especially if the starting point is the interaction between the life and the times.
Several of these original essays focus on Lincoln's leadership as president and commander in chief. James M. McPherson examines Lincoln's deft navigation of the crosscurrents of politics and wartime strategy. Sean Wilentz assesses Lincoln's evolving position in the context of party politics. On slavery and race, Eric Foner writes of Lincoln and the movement to colonize emancipated ...

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In 1876 the abolitionist Frederick Douglass observed, "No man can say anything that is new of Abraham Lincoln." Undeterred, the contributors to Our Lincoln believe it is possible even now, especially if the starting point is the interaction between the life and the times.
Several of these original essays focus on Lincoln's leadership as president and commander in chief. James M. McPherson examines Lincoln's deft navigation of the crosscurrents of politics and wartime strategy. Sean Wilentz assesses Lincoln's evolving position in the context of party politics. On slavery and race, Eric Foner writes of Lincoln and the movement to colonize emancipated slaves outside the United States. James Oakes considers Lincoln's views on race and citizenship. There are also brilliant essays on Lincoln's literary style, religious beliefs, and family life. The Lincoln who emerges is a man of his time, yet able to transcend and transform it—a reasonable measure of greatness.

Editorial Reviews

Library Journal

Foner (DeWitt Clinton Professor of History, Columbia Univ.; Reconstruction) has assembled a stellar cast of historians to reconnect Lincoln's life to Lincoln's own times. In doing so, the authors collectively situate Lincoln's ideas, interests, and policies and the meanings various people from abolitionists to neo-Confederates have found in Lincoln, from the microscopic to a wider historical context of politics, culture, and memory. Essays explore such topics as presidential leadership, civil liberties, citizenship and rights, democratic politics, mass-produced imagery, African colonization, antislavery, race, religion, family life, writing sensibilities and style, and the need to claim Lincoln for one's own cause. The eloquent and compelling results show how and why Lincoln was both a man of his time and a man for all time. There is no better introduction to the complexities, contradictions, and consequences of this man's life and to why he still holds a spell over America and the world. Essential. [See Prepub Alert, LJ6/1/08.]
—Randall M. Miller

Kirkus Reviews
An award-winning historian assembles 12 essays from distinguished scholars commenting on Lincoln-the man, the emancipator and the chief executive. Taking full advantage of the current "golden age of Lincoln scholarship," Foner (History/Columbia Univ.; Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and Reconstruction, 2005, etc.) commissions contributions both from Lincoln specialists and from historians who've helped reshape our understanding of 19th-century America. With a few exceptions-David Blight's piece on the modern Republican Party's mangling of Lincoln's legacy is a bit overheated, and Catherine Clinton's commentary on Lincoln's family attempts too much in too little space-this cross-pollination succeeds. The essays are highly readable, mercifully free of academic cant and at least hint at new Lincoln discoveries, large and small. Harold Holzer makes a minor but intriguing point with his discussion of the influence of artists, painters and sculptures on famous photographic images of Lincoln. Manisha Sinha usefully recovers the names of black abolitionists-Frederick Douglass was not alone-who helped push Lincoln toward emancipation. Mark Neely takes a timely look at the fate of civil liberties under Lincoln during wartime. Especially strong contributions come from James McPherson, who reminds us of the centrality of Lincoln's role as commander in chief; Foner, who examines the controversial and surprisingly vibrant movement for colonization of black Americans in Africa or elsewhere; and Richard Carwardine, who incisively discusses Lincoln's evolving religious beliefs. The most notable essays are Andrew Delbanco's beautiful discussion of Lincoln's pioneering use of American English; JamesOakes's brilliant analysis of the various rights Lincoln believed governed race relations; and Sean Wilentz's explication of the influence of Jacksonian democracy on Lincoln's politics, as promising a vein as any for new assessments of our 16th president. As the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth approaches, these provocative essays constitute a perfect sneak preview of the likely scholarly agenda.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780393067569
  • Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
  • Publication date: 10/13/2008
  • Pages: 256
  • Sales rank: 821,981
  • Product dimensions: 6.40 (w) x 9.30 (h) x 1.10 (d)

Meet the Author

Eric Foner is the pre-eminent historian of his generation. Foner is highly respected by historians of every stripe—whether they specialize in political history or social history. His books have won the top awards in the profession, and he has been president of both major history organizations—the American Historical Association and the Organization of American Historians. He has worked on every detail of Give Me Liberty!, which displays all of his trademark strengths as a scholar, teacher, and writer. A specialist on the Civil War/Reconstruction period, Foner regularly teaches the 19th century survey at Columbia University, where he is DeWitt Clinton Professor of History. His latest trade title, The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery, won numerous awards including the Lincoln Prize, Bancroft Award, and the Pulitzer Prize.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations 9

Preface 11

Pt. I The President

1 A. Lincoln, Commander in Chief James M. Mcpherson Mcpherson, James M. 19

2 The Constitution and Civil Liberties Under Lincoln Mark E. Neely, Jr. Neely, Mark E., Jr. 37

3 Abraham Lincoln and Jacksonian Democracy Sean Wilentz Wilentz, Sean 62

4 Visualizing Lincoln: Abraham Lincoln as Student, Subject, and Patron of the Visual Arts Harold Holzer Holzer, Harold 80

Pt. II The Emancipator

5 Citizenship Rights, States' Rights, and Black Rights: Another Look at Lincoln and Race James Oakes: Natural Rights Oakes, James 109

6 Lincoln and Colonization Eric Foner Foner, Eric 135

7 Allies for Emancipation?: Lincoln and Black Abolitionists Manisha Sinha Sinha, Manisha 167

Pt. III The Man

8 Lincoln's Sacramental Language Andrew Delbanco Delbanco, Andrew 199

9 Lincoln's Religion Richard Carwardine Carwardine, Richard 223

10 Abraham Lincoln: The Family That Made Him, the Family He Made Catherine Clinton Clinton, Catherine 249

Pt. IV Politics and Memory

11 The Theft of Lincoln in Scholarship, Politics, and Public Memory David W. Blight Blight, David W. 269

Contributors 283

Notes 287

Index 321

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