Abraham Lincoln in the Post-Heroic Era: History and Memory in Late Twentieth-Century America
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By the 1920s, Abraham Lincoln had transcended the lingering controversies of the Civil War to become a secular saint, honored in North and South alike for his steadfast leadership in crisis. Throughout the Great Depression and World War II, Lincoln was invoked countless times as a reminder of America's strength and wisdom, a commanding ideal against which weary citizens could see their own hardships in perspective. But as Barry Schwartz reveals in...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0226741885
ISBN13:9780226741888
Release Date:January 2009
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Length:410 Pages
Weight:1.55 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 6.0" x 9.1"
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