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Lincoln's Hundred Days - The Emancipation Proclamation and the War for the Union (Paperback)
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Lincoln's Hundred Days - The Emancipation Proclamation and the War for the Union (Paperback)
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"The time has come now," Abraham Lincoln told his cabinet as he
presented the preliminary draft of a "Proclamation of
Emancipation." Lincoln's effort to end slavery has been
controversial from its inception-when it was denounced by some as
an unconstitutional usurpation and by others as an inadequate
half-measure-up to the present, as historians have discounted its
import and impact. At the sesquicentennial of the Emancipation
Proclamation, Louis Masur seeks to restore the document's
reputation by exploring its evolution. Lincoln's Hundred Days is
the first book to tell the full story of the critical period
between September 22, 1862, when Lincoln issued his preliminary
Proclamation, and January 1, 1863, when he signed the final,
significantly altered, decree. In those tumultuous hundred days, as
battlefield deaths mounted, debate raged. Masur commands vast
primary sources to portray the daily struggles and enormous
consequences of the president's efforts as Lincoln led a nation
through war and toward emancipation. With his deadline looming,
Lincoln hesitated and calculated, frustrating friends and foes
alike, as he reckoned with the anxieties and expectations of
millions. We hear these concerns, from poets, cabinet members and
foreign officials, from enlisted men on the front and free blacks
as well as slaves. Masur presents a fresh portrait of Lincoln as a
complex figure who worried about, listened to, debated, prayed for,
and even joked with his country, and then followed his conviction
in directing America toward a terrifying and thrilling unknown.
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