Lincoln seen and heard - ECU Libraries Catalog

Lincoln seen and heard / Harold Holzer.

Author/creator	Holzer, Harold
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, ©2000.
Description	xi, 226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	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.

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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-216) and index.
LCCN	99043535
ISBN	0700610014 (alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	E457.6 .H66 2000	✔ Available	Place Hold