| Contents |
Abraham Lincoln and the changing role of commander in chief / Frank J. Williams -- Word of honor: Abraham Lincoln and the parole system in the Civil War / Gerald J. Prokopowicz -- Serving president Lincoln: the public career of John G. Nicolay / John R. Sellers -- Lincoln spins the press / Michael Burlingame -- Lincoln and the Greeley letter: an exposition / Phillip Shaw Paludan -- Lincoln's pardons and what they mean / William Lee Miller -- America's first black president?: Lincoln's legacy of political transcendence / Lucas E. Morel -- A king's cure, a king's style: Lincoln, leadership, and the thirteenth amendment / Michael Vorenberg -- Lincoln's role in the presidential election of 1864 / William C. Harris -- Reshaping the marriage: Mary Lincoln and post-assassination memory / Jennifer Fleischner -- Lincoln's legacy for our time / James M. McPherson. |
| General note | Developed from papers presented at the Lincoln Symposium, held at the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum on the campus of Lincoln Memorial University on April 26-28, 2001. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| LCCN | 2003004186 |
| ISBN | 086554817X (alk. paper) |
