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Though not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black
Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the
same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's
image for their own social and political ends. Frederick Hord and
Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the complex nature of views
on Lincoln through the writings and thought of Frederick Douglass,
Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Mary McLeod Bethune, Thurgood Marshall,
Malcolm X, Gwendolyn Brooks, Barbara Jeanne Fields, Barack Obama,
and dozens of others. The selections move from speeches to letters
to book excerpts, mapping the changing contours of the
bond--emotional and intellectual--between Lincoln and Black
Americans over the span of one hundred and fifty years. A
comprehensive and valuable reader, Knowing Him by Heart examines
Lincoln's still-evolving place in Black American thought.
After Abraham Lincoln's assassination in 1865, William H. Herndon
began work on a brief, "subjective" biography of his former law
partner, but his research turned up such unexpected and often
startling information that it became a lifelong obsession. The
biography finally published in 1889, Herndon's Lincoln, was a
collaboration with Jesse W. Weik in which Herndon provided the
materials and Weik did almost all the writing. For this reason, and
because so much of what Herndon had to say about Lincoln was not
included in the biography, David Donald has observed, "To
understand Herndon's own rather peculiar approach to Lincoln
biography, one must go back to his letters." An exhaustive
collection of what Herndon was told by others about Lincoln was
published by Douglas L. Wilson and Rodney O. Davis in Herndon's
Informants: Letters, Interviews, and Statements about Abraham
Lincoln . In this new volume, Wilson and Davis have produced a
comprehensive edition of what Herndon himself wrote about Lincoln
in his own letters. Because of Herndon's close association with
Lincoln, his intimate acquaintance with his partner's legal and
political careers, and because he sought out informants who knew
Lincoln and preserved information that might otherwise have been
lost, his letters have become an indispensable resource for Lincoln
biography. Unfiltered by a collaborator and rendered in Herndon's
own distinctive voice, these letters constitute a matchless trove
of primary source material. Herndon on Lincoln: Letters is a must
for libraries, research institutions, and students of a towering
American figure and his times.
Painstaking Reconstruction of Jefferson's Library Catalogue Sold to
the Library of Congress in 1815 to replace volumes burned by the
British during their occupation of Washington, Jefferson's library,
comprising 6,700, volumes was one of the finest in the United
States. The taxonomically arranged catalogue that accompanied these
books was a remarkable work, one that offered great insight into
the broad and systematic nature of Jefferson's mind. Unfortunately,
it was lost. Using Jefferson's notes and the first edition of the
Library of Congress catalogue, Gilreath and Wilson recreated
Jefferson's original compilation. It contains an extensive
collection of legal books arranged under the general heading
"Philosophy." Beginning with the broad designations of "Ethics,"
"Moral Philosophy," "Law of Nature and Nations" and "Religion"
Jefferson proceeds to such topics as "Common Law," "Maritime Law
and "Foreign Law." It is valuable both for its insights into
Jefferson's legal mind and as a guide to the titles one would want
to include in a first-class American law library of the period.
James Gilreath was an American history specialist at the Library of
Congress rare book and special collections division. Douglas L.
Wilson is George A. Lawrence Distinguished Service Professor
Emeritus; Co-director, Lincoln Studies Center, Knox College
Galesburg, Illinois. CONTENTS Foreword Introduction Selected
Reading List Editorial Note Catalogue I. Memory 1. Antient History
2. Modern History. Foreign 3. Modern History. British 4. Modern
History. American 5. History-Ecclesiastical 6. Natural Philosophy
7. Agriculture 8. Chemistry 9. Surgery 10. Medicine 11. Animals.
Anatomy 12. Animals. Zoology 13. Botany 14. Mineralogy 15.
Occupations of Man. Technical Arts II. Philosophy 16. Ethics Moral
Philosophy Law of Nature and Nations 17. Religion 18.
Jurisprudence. Equity 19. Jurisprudence. Common Law 20.
Jurisprudence. Law-Merchant 21. Jurisprudence. Law-Maritime 22.
Jurisprudence. Law- Ecclesiastical 23. Jurisprudence. Foreign Law
24. Politics 25. Mathematics. Pure. Arithematic 26. Mathematics.
Pure. Geometry 27. Physico-Mathematics. Mechanics, Statics,
Dynamics, Pneumatics, Phonics, Optics 28. Astronomy 29. Geography
III. Fine Arts 30. Architecture 31. Gardening, Painting, Sculpture
32. Music 33. Poetry. Epic 34. Romance, Tales-Fables 35. Pastorals,
Odes, Elegies 36. Didactic 37. Tragedy 38. Comedy 39.
Dialogue-Epistolary 40. Logic, Rhetoric, Orations 41. Criticism.
Theory 42. Criticism. Bibliography 43. Criticism. Languages 44.
Polygraphical Appendix Some pages from the printed catalogue of
1815
Painstaking Reconstruction of Jefferson's Library Catalogue Sold to
the Library of Congress in 1815 to replace volumes burned by the
British during their occupation of Washington, Jefferson's library,
comprising 6,700, volumes was one of the finest in the United
States. The taxonomically arranged catalogue that accompanied these
books was a remarkable work, one that offered great insight into
the broad and systematic nature of Jefferson's mind. Unfortunately,
it was lost. Using Jefferson's notes and the first edition of the
Library of Congress catalogue, Gilreath and Wilson recreated
Jefferson's original compilation. It contains an extensive
collection of legal books arranged under the general heading
"Philosophy." Beginning with the broad designations of "Ethics,"
"Moral Philosophy," "Law of Nature and Nations" and "Religion"
Jefferson proceeds to such topics as "Common Law," "Maritime Law
and "Foreign Law." It is valuable both for its insights into
Jefferson's legal mind and as a guide to the titles one would want
to include in a first-class American law library of the period.
James Gilreath was an American history specialist at the Library of
Congress rare book and special collections division. Douglas L.
Wilson is George A. Lawrence Distinguished Service Professor
Emeritus; Co-director, Lincoln Studies Center, Knox College
Galesburg, Illinois. CONTENTS Foreword Introduction Selected
Reading List Editorial Note Catalogue I. Memory 1. Antient History
2. Modern History. Foreign 3. Modern History. British 4. Modern
History. American 5. History-Ecclesiastical 6. Natural Philosophy
7. Agriculture 8. Chemistry 9. Surgery 10. Medicine 11. Animals.
Anatomy 12. Animals. Zoology 13. Botany 14. Mineralogy 15.
Occupations of Man. Technical Arts II. Philosophy 16. Ethics Moral
Philosophy Law of Nature and Nations 17. Religion 18.
Jurisprudence. Equity 19. Jurisprudence. Common Law 20.
Jurisprudence. Law-Merchant 21. Jurisprudence. Law-Maritime 22.
Jurisprudence. Law- Ecclesiastical 23. Jurisprudence. Foreign Law
24. Politics 25. Mathematics. Pure. Arithematic 26. Mathematics.
Pure. Geometry 27. Physico-Mathematics. Mechanics, Statics,
Dynamics, Pneumatics, Phonics, Optics 28. Astronomy 29. Geography
III. Fine Arts 30. Architecture 31. Gardening, Painting, Sculpture
32. Music 33. Poetry. Epic 34. Romance, Tales-Fables 35. Pastorals,
Odes, Elegies 36. Didactic 37. Tragedy 38. Comedy 39.
Dialogue-Epistolary 40. Logic, Rhetoric, Orations 41. Criticism.
Theory 42. Criticism. Bibliography 43. Criticism. Languages 44.
Polygraphical Appendix Some pages from the printed catalogue of
1815
Widely considered in his own time as a genial but provincial
lightweight who was out of place in the presidency, Abraham Lincoln
astonished his allies and confounded his adversaries by producing a
series of speeches and public letters so provocative that they
helped revolutionize public opinion on such critical issues as
civil liberties, the use of black soldiers, and the emancipation of
slaves. This is a brilliant and unprecedented examination of how
Lincoln used the power of words to not only build his political
career but to keep the country united during the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln's remarkable emergence from the rural Midwest and his rise to the presidency have been the stuff of romance and legend. But as Douglas L. Wilson shows us in Honor's Voice, Lincoln's transformation was not one long triumphal march, but a process that was more than once seriously derailed. There were times, in his journey from storekeeper and mill operator to lawyer and member of the Illinois state legislature, when Lincoln lost his nerve and self-confidence - on at least two occasions he became so despondent as to appear suicidal - and when his acute emotional vulnerabilities were exposed.
Focusing on the crucial years between 1831 and 1842, Wilson's skillful analysis of the testimonies and writings of Lincoln's contemporaries reveals the individual behind the legends. We see Lincoln as a boy: not the dutiful son studying by firelight, but the stubborn rebel determined to make something of himself. We see him as a young man: not the ascendant statesman, but the canny local politician who was renowned for his talents in wrestling and storytelling (as well as for his extensive store of off-color jokes). Wilson also reconstructs Lincoln's frequently anguished personal life: his religious skepticism, recurrent bouts of depression, and difficult relationships with women - from Ann Rutledge to Mary Owens to Mary Todd.
Meticulously researched and well written, this is a fascinating book that makes us reexamine our ideas about one of the icons of American history.
From the Hardcover edition.
Winner of the Abraham Lincoln Institute Book Award Women to whom
Lincoln proposed marriage, political allies and adversaries, judges
and fellow attorneys, longtime comrades, erstwhile friends--all
speak out here in words first gathered by William H. Herndon,
Lincoln's law partner, between 1865 and 1890. Historian David
Herbert Donald has called Herndon's materials "the basic source for
Abraham Lincoln's early years." Now available in paperback,
Herndon's Informants collects and annotates more than 600 letters
and interviews providing information about Abraham Lincoln's
prepolitical and prelegal careers. Some of the people Herndon
questioned were illiterate. Others could read but barely write. The
editors' undertaking took them to three major collections for the
mammoth task of transcribing aged documents that often were barely
legible. A priceless resource for scholars and anyone curious about
Lincoln and his times, Herndon's Informants includes an
introduction, scholarly annotations, a registry of the informants,
and a detailed topical index.
While the debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas
are undoubtedly the most celebrated in American history, they may
also be the most consequential as well. For the issues so fiercely
debated in 1858 were about various interrelated aspects of one
momentous, nation-threatening issue: slavery. The contest between
Lincoln and Douglas became a testing ground for the viability of
conflicting ideals in a nation deeply divided. One of the most
colorful and engaging episodes in American history, this series of
debates is of enduring interest as an illuminating instance of the
ever-recurring dilemma of self-government: what happens when the
guiding principle of democracy, "popular sovereignty," confronts a
principled stand against a "moral, social, and political evil"? The
tragic answer in this case came three years later: civil war.
Important as they are, the Lincoln-Douglas debates have long
since ceased to be self-explanatory. This edition is the first to
provide a text founded on all known records, rather than following
one or another of the partisan and sometimes widely-varying
newspaper accounts. Meticulously edited and annotated, it provides
numerous aids to help the modern reader understand the debates,
including extensive introductory material, commentary, and a
glossary. The fullest and most dependable edition of the
Lincoln-Douglas debates ever prepared, this edition brings readers
as close as possible to the original words of these two remarkable
men.
George Santayana probably did more than anyone except Alexis de
Tocqueville to shape the critical view of American culture. The
great philosopher and writer coined the phrase "genteel tradition,"
introducing it to a California audience in 1911. The phrase caught
fire, giving a name to the culture of the republic. Santayana's
address appears in this collection of influential essays about the
country he lived in from 1872 to 1912. Because he remained European
in spirit, the Spaniard brought a sharp detachment to his
observations. He points out the American split between thought and
action, theory and practice, the traditional and the modern, the
arts and business, the high-brow and the popular. He also examines
the excessive moralism in national life, which baffles Europeans.
These nine essays touch on American idealism and materialism and
American endeavor, sacred and profane. Also the editor of
Jefferson's Literary Commonplace Book, Douglas L. Wilson is
Lawrence Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English at Knox
College. Robert Dawidoff, a professor of history at Claremont
Graduate School, is the author of The Genteel Tradition and the
Sacred Rage: High Culture vs. Democracy in Adams, James, and
Santayana.
After Abraham Lincoln's assassination in 1865, William H. Herndon
began work on a brief, "subjective" biography of his former law
partner, but his research turned up such unexpected and often
startling information that it became a lifelong obsession. The
biography finally published in 1889, Herndon's Lincoln, was a
collaboration with Jesse W. Weik in which Herndon provided the
materials and Weik did almost all the writing. For this reason, and
because so much of what Herndon had to say about Lincoln was not
included in the biography, David Donald has observed, "To
understand Herndon's own rather peculiar approach to Lincoln
biography, one must go back to his letters." An exhaustive
collection of what Herndon was told by others about Lincoln was
published by Douglas L. Wilson and Rodney O. Davis in Herndon's
Informants: Letters, Interviews, and Statements about Abraham
Lincoln . In this new volume, Wilson and Davis have produced a
comprehensive edition of what Herndon himself wrote about Lincoln
in his own letters. Because of Herndon's close association with
Lincoln, his intimate acquaintance with his partner's legal and
political careers, and because he sought out informants who knew
Lincoln and preserved information that might otherwise have been
lost, his letters have become an indispensable resource for Lincoln
biography. Unfiltered by a collaborator and rendered in Herndon's
own distinctive voice, these letters constitute a matchless trove
of primary source material. Herndon on Lincoln: Letters is a must
for libraries, research institutions, and students of a towering
American figure and his times.
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Herndon's Lincoln (Paperback)
William H. Herndon; Edited by Douglas L. Wilson, Rodney O Davis
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William H. Herndon aspired to write a faithful portrait of his
friend and law partner, Abraham Lincoln, based on his own
observations and on hundreds of letters and interviews he had
compiled for the purpose. Even more important, he was determined to
present Lincoln as a man, rather than a saint, and to reveal things
that the prevailing Victorian conventions said should be left out
of the biography of a great national hero. A variety of obstacles
kept Herndon from writing his book, however, and not until he found
a collaborator in Jesse W. Weik did the biography begin to take
shape. It finally appeared in 1889, to decidedly mixed reviews.
Though controversial from the outset, Herndon's Lincoln nonetheless
established itself as a classic, and remains, as Don E.
Fehrenbacher declared, "the most influential biography of Lincoln
ever published." This new edition restores the original text,
includes two chapters added in the revised (1892) edition, and
traces the history of how Herndon and his collaborator, after many
delays, produced one of the landmark biographies in American
letters. Extensive annotation affords the reader a detailed look at
the biography's sources.
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