The Election of 1860 Reconsidered (Civil War in the North)
"In The Election of 1860 Reconsidered, editor A. James Fuller has assembled a handy collection of essays that outline what historians have told us about the fateful election that ushered Abraham Lincoln into office while charting new and fruitful paths of study. The nine essays in this collection center on three themes: political biography, ideology, and political culture. … The collection ends with a thorough historiographical essay by Douglas G. Gardner, who lucidly lays out the major interpretations that historians have offered for this election. The essay is a fitting coda to this strong collection. … Scholars will enjoy this thorough reexamination of an important American election. --The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society 111(4), Autumn 2013 Christopher Childers