Book Review: Edward Achorn, The Lincoln Miracle
by Phelps GayEdward Achorn, The Lincoln Miracle: Inside the Republican Convention that Changed History Book Review by Phelps Gay Sixty-three years ago, the Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission published a three-volume work called Lincoln Day by Day, A Chronology, 1809-1865, edited by Earl Schenck Miers. An invaluable reference work, it tells us in short factual entries what Lincoln was […]
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Book Review: Jon Meacham, And There Was Light
by Phelps GayJon Meacham, And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle Book Review by Phelps Gay Not just another cradle-to-grave biography setting forth well-known facts of Lincoln’s life, And There Was Light offers us a fresh look at his intellectual, moral, and spiritual development culminating in his decision to resist the voices of […]
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