Holzer, Harold

"[An] account of Lincoln's grappling with the politics of immigration against the backdrop of the Civil War. In the three decades before the Civil War, some ten million foreign-born people settled in the United States, forever altering the nation's demographics, culture, and--perhaps most significantly--voting patterns. America's newest residents fueled the national economy, but they also wrought enormous changes in the political landscape, and exposed an ugly, at times violent, vein of nativist bigotry. Abraham Lincoln's rise ran parallel to this turmoil; even Lincoln himself did not always rise above it. Tensions over immigration would split and ultimately destroy Lincoln's Whig Party years before the Civil War. Yet the war would make clear just how important immigrants were, and how interwoven they had become in American society"--Provided by publisher.

Chronicles President Abraham Lincoln's relationships with the newspapers and journalists during the American Civil War, discussing his manipulation of the press for his own causes, closing down newspapers that were "disloyal" and more.

Examines Abraham Lincoln's pre-presidential address at Cooper Union, New York, in February 1860, placing the speech in the context of the times and discussing how Lincoln used the speech to continue his debates with rival Democrat Stephen A. Douglas.

An annotated collection of letters written by Americans to President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War in which they offered criticism and advice, and made threats and appeals; including a selection of missives from African-Americans originally routed to the War Department's Colored Troops Bureau that Lincoln never saw.

Great generals, war and medicine, women of the Civil War Era, industry and immigrations, American technology.

An examination of the Civil War era, exploring the issues that divided America, and looking at the leaders who came forward to speak for the North and the South in the years leading up to the divisive conflict.

Presents a companion book to the Steven Spielberg film for young readers documenting the life and achievements of Abraham Lincoln. Focuses on how Lincoln viewed slavery and worked to abolish it. Draws on leters, speeches, memoirs, and documents by Lincoln and others; and includes over thirty photographs, a chronology, texts of selected Lincoln writings, and a historical cast of characters.