Lincoln seen and heard / Harold Holzer.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Holzer, Harold
Language:English
Published: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, [2000], ©2000.
Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Pictorial works.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Oratory.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Public opinion.
Public opinion > United States > History > 19th century.
Political culture > United States > History > 19th century.
Prints, American.
Prints > 19th century > United States.
Genre:
Pictorial works.
Oratory.
Physical Description:xi, 226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • "Prized in every liberty-loving household": the image of the great emancipator in the graphic arts
  • "That attractive rainbow": the image of Lincoln as commander in chief
  • Dying to be seen: prints of the Lincoln assassination
  • The mirror image of Civil War memory: Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis in popular prints
  • With malice toward one, or "ridicule without much malice?" Lincoln in caricature reconsidered
  • Lincoln in confederate cartoons: a "lean-sided Yankee," seldom seen
  • "Tokens of respect" and "heartfelt thanks": how Lincoln coped with presidential gifts
  • "Avoid saying foolish things": the legacy of Lincoln's impromptu oratory
  • The poetry and prose of the Emancipation Proclamation
  • Lincoln's "flat failure": the Gettysburg myth revisited.