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Although Lincoln scholars will find no surprises in these essays, they will appreciate their confidence and clarity in argument. All readers will appreciate anew why Lincoln is the inexhaustible subject, for in many ways his story is America's story.
Holzer provides a thorough account of Lincoln's actions during the secession winter: persuading Republicans to resist any accommodations with secessionists, assembling a diverse and talented cabinet, using patronage to strengthen the Republican Party, creating a presidential image to build public confidence, and adroitly managing the Fort Sumter crisis...
This examination of the process whereby Lincoln drafted and presented the Emancipation Proclamation reveals how his mastery of legal language disguised the radical implications of the text and muted the constitutional and political concerns the document raised...