The age of Lincoln

"In a remarkable reappraisal of Lincoln, distinguished historian Burton shows how the Kentucky-born president?s Southernness empowered him to conduct a civil war that redefined freedom as a personal right protected by the rule of law. In the violent decades that followed, the extent of that fre...

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Main Author: Burton, Orville Vernon
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Hill and Wang 2007.
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