Lincoln's Enduring Legacy: Perspectives from Great Thinkers, Great Leaders, and the American Experiment

Robert P. Watson (Editor), William D. Pederson (Editor), Frank J. Williams (Editor)

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Abstract

Coming on the heels of the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth, Lincoln's Enduring Legacy offers highly readable and accessible perspectives on Lincoln at 200 in terms of his impact on great leaders and thinkers and his place in American history. The book explores how Lincoln's words and deeds have influenced the pursuit of justice and freedom and the practice of democracy in the century and a half since he governed. Lincoln, as an abolitionist, the architect of Reconstruction, an avowed Unionist, a wordsmith and rhetorician, his age's foremost prophet for democracy, and America's greatest president remains an iconic image in American memory.

Original languageAmerican English
PublisherLexington Books/Fortress Academic
Number of pages273
ISBN (Electronic)9780739149911
ISBN (Print)9780739149898
StatePublished - Dec 16 2010

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