The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery

The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery

by Eric Foner
ISBN-10:
039334066X
ISBN-13:
9780393340662
Pub. Date:
09/26/2011
Publisher:
Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
ISBN-10:
039334066X
ISBN-13:
9780393340662
Pub. Date:
09/26/2011
Publisher:
Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery

The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery

by Eric Foner
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Overview

“A masterwork [by] the preeminent historian of the Civil War era.”—Boston Globe

Selected as a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times Book Review, this landmark work gives us a definitive account of Lincoln's lifelong engagement with the nation's critical issue: American slavery. A master historian, Eric Foner draws Lincoln and the broader history of the period into perfect balance. We see Lincoln, a pragmatic politician grounded in principle, deftly navigating the dynamic politics of antislavery, secession, and civil war. Lincoln's greatness emerges from his capacity for moral and political growth.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780393340662
Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date: 09/26/2011
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 448
Sales rank: 115,483
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Eric Foner is DeWitt Clinton Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University. In his teaching and scholarship, he focuses on the Civil War and Reconstruction, slavery, and nineteenth-century America. He has served as president of the Organization of American Historians and the American Historical Association. In 2006, he received the Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching from Columbia University. His most recent books are The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery, winner of the Bancroft and Lincoln Prizes and the Pulitzer Prize for History; Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad, winner of the New York Historical Society Book Prize; and The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution.

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