Harold Holzer: 15 books
Lincoln: How Abraham Lincoln Ended Slavery in America
A Companion Book for Young Readers to the Steven Spielberg Film
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2012
A new book—and companion to the Steven Spielberg film—tracing how Abraham Lincoln came to view slavery . . . and came to end it.
Steven Spielberg focused his movie Lincoln on the sixteenth president's tumultuous final months in office, when he pursued a course of action to end the Civil...
A Teacher's Guide to Lincoln
Common-Core Aligned Teacher Materials and a Sample Chapter
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
For teachers
We know that the Common Core State Standards are encouraging you to reevaluate the books that you assign to your students. To help you decide which books are right for your classroom, each free ebook in this series contains a Common Core–aligned teaching guide and a sample chapter.
This...
Lincoln and the Power of the Press
The War for Public Opinion
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
“Lincoln believed that ‘with public sentiment nothing can fail; without it, nothing can succeed.’ Harold Holzer makes a significant contribution to our understanding of Lincoln’s leadership by showing us how deftly he managed his relations with the press of his day to move public opinion forward...
Lincoln President-Elect
Abraham Lincoln and the Great Secession Winter 1860-1861
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2008
One of our most eminent Lincoln scholars, winner of a Lincoln Prize for his Lincoln at Cooper Union, examines the four months between Lincoln's election and inauguration, when the president-elect made the most important decision of his coming presidency -- there would be no compromise on slavery or...
Lincoln at Cooper Union
The Speech That Made Abraham Lincoln President
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2006
Winner of the Lincoln Prize
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...
The Emancipation Proclamation
Three Views
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2006
The Emancipation Proclamation is the most important document of arguably the greatest president in U.S. history. Now, Edna Greene Medford, Frank J. Williams, and Harold Holzer -- eminent experts in their fields -- remember, analyze, and interpret the Emancipation Proclamation in three distinct respects:...
by Harold Holzer
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2011
President Lincoln used his own weapons—his words— to fight the Civil War as brilliantly as any general who ever took the field. In Lincoln on War, historian Harold Holzer gathers and interprets Lincoln’s speeches, letters, memoranda, orders, telegrams, and casual remarks, organizing them chronologically...
A Just and Generous Nation
Abraham Lincoln and the Fight for American Opportunity
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
In A Just and Generous Nation, the eminent historian Harold Holzer and the noted economist Norton Garfinkle present a groundbreaking new account of the beliefs that inspired our sixteenth president to go to war when the Southern states seceded from the Union. Rather than a commitment to eradicating...
President Lincoln Assassinated!!: The Firsthand Story of the Murder, Manhunt, Tr
A Library of America Special Publication
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2015
For the 150th anniversary, Harold Holzer (The Civil War in 150 Objects) presents an unprecedented firsthand chronicle of one of the most pivotal moments in American history. On April 14, 1865, Good Friday, the Civil War claimed its ultimate sacrifice. President Lincoln Assassinated!! recaptures the...
by Harold Holzer, New-York Historical Society
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
The American companion to A History of the World in 100 Objects, a fresh, visual perspective on the Civil War
From a soldier’s diary with the pencil still attached to John Brown’s pike, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the leaves from Abraham Lincoln’s bier, here is a unique and surprisingly...
by Harold Holzer
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
The Emancipation Proclamation is responsible both for Lincoln’s being hailed as the Great Emancipator and for his being pilloried by those who consider his once-radical effort at emancipation insufficient. Holzer examines the impact of Lincoln’s announcement at the moment of its creation, and then as its meaning has changed over time.
Lens of War
Exploring Iconic Photographs of the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
Lens of War grew out of an invitation to leading historians of the Civil War to select and reflect upon a single photograph. Each could choose any image and interpret it in personal and scholarly terms. The result is a remarkable set of essays by twenty-seven scholars whose numerous volumes on the...
Lincoln Revisited
New Insights from the Lincoln Forum
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2009
In February 2009, America celebrates the bicentennial of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, and the pace of new Lincoln books and articles has already quickened. From his cabinet’s politics to his own struggles with depression, Lincoln remains the most written-about story in our history. And each year...
Monument Man
The Life and Art of Daniel Chester French
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2019
The artist who created the statue for the Lincoln Memorial, John Harvard in Harvard Yard, and The Minute Man in Concord, Massachusetts, Daniel Chester French (1850–1931) is America's best-known sculptor of public monuments Monument Man is the first comprehensive biography of this fascinating figure...
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