Author: RANDALL, James G.
Title: Lincoln and the South
Description: Westport, CT, Greenwood Press, 1980. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy cloth with white spine lettering. viii, 161pp. Illustrations. Fine. A tight and pristine facsimile reprint of the first volume in "The Walter Lynwood Fleming Lectures in Southern History" series (Louisiana State University Press, 1946) -- what Robert Johannsen calls "Four lectures [which] reveal in provocative and interesting style Lincoln's strong sympathies throughout the war for the area of his heritage" and Rodney C. Loehr calls "Very incisive essays that emphasize Lincoln's Southern background and his practical thinking about a restored Union." The first edition is scarce and even this reprint rather uncommon. NEVINS II, 84 and 112. .

Keywords: Abraham Lincoln


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