Abraham Lincoln and William Cullen Bryant: Their Civil War

by Gilbert H. Muller

Book Overview

This definitive dual portrait offers a fresh perspective on Abraham Lincoln and William Cullen Bryant's crucial role in elevating him to the presidency. The book also sheds new light on the influence that "Bryant and his class" (as Lincoln called the Radical Republican faction whose views Bryant articulated) wielded on the chief executive. How the cautious president and the preeminent editor of the Fourth Estate interacted-and how their ideological...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319810723
• ISBN13: 9783319810720
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"