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Lincoln's Hundred Days: The Emancipation Proclamation and the War for the Union by Louis P. Masur
Category: History
"The time has come now," Abraham Lincoln told his cabinet as he presented the preliminary draft of a "Proclamation of Emancipation." Lincoln's effort to end slavery has been controversial from its inception--when it was denounced by some as an unconstitutional usurpation and by others as an inadequate h ...Show more
Lincoln's Hundred Days: The Emancipation Proclamation and the War for the Union by Louis P. Masur
Category: History
"The time has come now," Abraham Lincoln told his cabinet as he presented the preliminary draft of a "Proclamation of Emancipation." Lincoln's effort to end slavery has been controversial from its inception-when it was denounced by some as an unconstitutional usurpation and by others as an inadequate ha ...Show more
Lincoln's Last Speech: Wartime Reconstruction and the Crisis of Reunion by Louis P. Masur
Category: History | Series: Pivotal Moments in American History
On April 11, 1865, Abraham Lincoln gave his final speech to thousands gathered in the rain outside the executive mansion in Washington, D.C. Coming two days after Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox, and a week after the fall of Richmond, the crowd expected a victory oration. Instead, they heard the ...Show more
Runaway Dream: Born to Run and Bruce Springsteen's American Vision by Louis P Masur
Category: Biography Memoir
A rich history of Springsteen's greatest album, celebrating its themes of youth, escape, and possibility, just in time for the Boss's sixtieth birthday. To millions of listeners, Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run "is much more than a rock-and-roll album--it's a poetic explosion of freedom and frustration ...Show more
The U. S. Civil War: a Very Short Introduction by Louis P. Masur
Category: History | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
More than one hundred and fifty years after the first shots were fired on Fort Sumter, the Civil War still captures the American imagination, and its reverberations can still be felt throughout America's social and political landscape.Louis P. Masur's The U.S. Civil War: A Very Short Introduction offers ...Show more
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