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The Living Lincoln gives new voice to several aspects of Abraham Lincoln's career as seen through the lens of recent scholarship, in essays that show how the sixteenth president's appeal continues to endure and expand. Featuring eleven essays from major historians, the book offers thoughtful, provocative, and highly original examinations of Lincoln's role as commander-in-chief, his use of the press to shape public opinion, his position as a politician and party leader, and the changing interpretations of his legacy as a result of cultural and social changes over the century and a half since his death. In an opening section focusing largely on Lincoln's formative years, insightful exploration...
After the heartbreaking death of his son Willie, Abraham Lincoln and his family fled the gloom that hung over the White House, moving into a small cottage in Washington, D.C., on the grounds of the Soldiers' Home, a residence for disabled military veterans. In Lincoln's Sanctuary, historian Matthew Pinsker offers a fascinating portrait of Lincoln's stay in this cottage and tells the story of the president's remarkable growth as a national leader and a private man. Lincoln lived at the Soldiers' Home for a quarter of his presidency, and for nearly half of the critical year of 1862, but most Americans (including many scholars) have not heard of the place. Indeed, this is the first volume to sp...
Collection of descendants of Hans Hildebrand Ziegenfuss who lived around 1650 in the Eichsfeld area in Thuringia, Germany. This 3rd Edition contains the data of about 22,000 individuals (as of December 2021). The most recent Data you always can find at my homepage at https://www.ziegenfuss-genealogy.de Keywords: Genealogy, Family tree, Ziegenfuss, Ziegenfuss, Eichsfeld, Ancestry, Marco Born
Reprint of the original, first published in 1867.