From rail-splitter to icon
Subtitle: Lincoln's image in illustrated periodicals, 1860-1865
By: Gary L. Bunker.
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Kent, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 387
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Caricatures and cartoons.; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Pictorial works.; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Relations with journalists.; Illustrated periodicals -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Press and politics -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Journalists.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Press coverage.
Genres: Caricatures and cartoons.; Pictorial works.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-377) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments ix; title: Introduction i; title: The Development of Lincoln's Image in Periodicals 8; title: The Comic Press and Lincoln's Rise to the Presidency 31; title: From Springfield to the Battlefield 67; title: The Vagaries of War III; title: The Evolution of Emancipation i5o; title: The Strain of Conflict i86; title: The Comic News, Lincoln, and the Civil War 224; title: The Drive to Deprive Lincoln of a Second Term 250; title: The Olive Branch or the Sword? 288; title: Enduring to the End 324; title: Notes 35I; title: Bibliographical Essay 373; title: Index 378.