Book Review: Lincoln in Private by Ron White
by E. Phelps GayLincoln in Private: What His Most Personal Reflections Tell Us About Our Greatest President By Ronald C. White, 2021 Book Reviewed by: E. Phelps Gay In this short, highly readable volume, Ronald C. White examines “fragments” left behind by our 16th President, who made a lifelong habit of writing notes to himself. These thoughts and […]
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Every Drop of Blood—The Momentous Second Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln
by E. Phelps GayEvery Drop of Blood—The Momentous Second Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln By Edward Achorn (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2020) Book review by E. Phelps Gay Do we need another book about Lincoln’s Second Inaugural? After all, didn’t Ronald C. White, Jr. cover this ground in his excellent 2002 book, Lincolns Greatest Speech? Having read Edward Achorn’s […]
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Lincoln and the South
by E. Phelps Gayby E. Phelps Gay Birthplace cabin, 7120090811753 How did Lincoln view the South? What did he know about the South? Had he been to the South? Did he hate the South? Or, instead, did he like Southerners? Did he blame them for the evil institution of slavery? Did he see himself, as many Northerners did […]
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