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Our Lincoln: New Perspectives on Lincoln and His World

by Eric Foner

Norton. 2008. 336p. ed. by . illus. notes. index. ISBN 9780393067569. $27.95; pap. ISBN 9780393337051. $16.95.

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This insightful series of essays explores topics such as civil liberties, emancipation policy and practice, military and political leadership, the Lincoln image over time, and the ways in which various interests have distorted and exploited Lincoln in myth and for varied political and social purposes. (LJ 9/1/08)

Reviewed by Randall M. Miller , Jan 01, 2015

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