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Harold Holzer

Lincoln at Cooper Union

The Speech That Made Abraham Lincoln President

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Lincoln at Cooper Union explores Lincoln's most influential and widely reported pre-presidential address -- an extraordinary appeal by the western politician to the eastern elite that propelled him toward the Republican nomination for president. Delivered in New York in February 1860, the Cooper Union speech dispelled doubts about Lincoln's suitability for the presidency and reassured conservatives of his moderation while reaffirming his opposition to slavery to Republican progressives. Award-winning Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer places Lincoln and his speech in the context of the times -- an era of racism, politicized journalism, and public… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-7432-9964-0
  • EAN: 9780743299640
  • Produktnummer: 2322359
  • Verlag: Simon & Schuster N.Y.
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
  • Seitenangabe: 368 S.
  • Ausstattung: Trade Paperback
  • Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.6 cm x D2.5 cm 442 g
  • Auflage: Reissue
  • Gewicht: 442

Über den Autor


Harold Holzer, a leading authority on Lincoln and the Civil War, is Chairman of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation and a Roger Hertog Fellow at the New York Historical Society. Widely honored for his work, Holzer earned a second-place Lincoln Prize for Lincoln at Cooper Union in 2005 and in 2008 was awarded the National Humanities Medal. Holzer is Senior Vice President of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and lives in Rye, New York.

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