Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln
Author: Michael Burlingame
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 1048
Release: 2013-04-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1421410680

Burlingame interprets Lincoln’s private life, discussing his marriage to Mary Todd, the untimely death of his son Willie to disease in 1862, and his recurrent anguish over the enormous human costs of the war.

Sinners, Lovers, and Heroes

Sinners, Lovers, and Heroes
Author: Richard Morris
Publisher: SUNY Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 1997-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780791434932

This intriguing investigation of an historically embedded cultural struggle over the possession of America's "collective memory" has significant implications for how we interpret cultural conflict in past, present, and future America.