Redeeming the Great Emancipator

by Allen C. Guelzo

Book Overview

The larger-than-life image Abraham Lincoln projects across the screen of American history owes much to his role as the Great Emancipator during the Civil War. Yet this noble aspect of Lincoln's identity is precisely the dimension that some historians have cast into doubt. In a vigorous defense of America's sixteenth president, award-winning historian and Lincoln scholar Allen Guelzo refutes accusations of Lincoln's racism and political opportunism,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674286111
• ISBN13: 9780674286115
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.4" x 7.2"