Book Review – Grant, Lincoln, and the Freedmen: Reminiscences of the Civil War
by Andrew F. LangBook Review – Grant, Lincoln, and the Freedmen: Reminiscences of the Civil War by John Eaton edited by Michael J. Larson and John David Smith Review by Andrew F. Lang Amid the welter of post-Civil War reminiscences, John Eaton’s Grant, Lincoln and the Freedmen is a monumental achievement. The memoir abjures trivial partisanship […]
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Book Review: William E. Bartelt and Joshua A. Claybourn, Abe’s Youth; J. Edward Murr, Abraham Lincoln’s Wilderness Years
by Andrew F. LangWilliam E. Bartelt & Joshua A. Claybourn: Abe’s Youth: Shaping the Future President J. Edward Murr, edited by Joshua Claybourn: Abraham Lincoln’s Wilderness Years: Collected Works of J. Edward Murr Review Essay by Andrew F. Lang The “Lincoln legend” goes something like this. Born in 1809 to impoverished Kentucky parents whose earthly possessions consisted of […]
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