A secession crisis enigma : William Henry Hurlbert and "The diary of a public man" /
Crofts, Daniel W.
Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press,
c2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Deciphering "The diary of a public man" -- Proving who wrote the diary -- Young Hurlbert -- Hurlbert the journalist -- Hurlbert and the secession crisis -- A fiction nothing more nor less? -- The Lincoln interviews -- Hurlbert and Ward -- Promoting the diary -- Hurlbert and the world -- Connecting past and present -- Scandal and summation -- Epilogue: "The diary of a public man" and the Lincoln legend -- Appendix: the text of "The diary of a public man."
Hurlbert, William Henry, 1827-1895.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Diary of a public man.
Secession
Diaries