Lincoln seen and heard
By: Harold Holzer.
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Lawrence
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Portraits.; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Caricatures and cartoons.; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Oratory.; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Public opinion.; Public opinion -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Political culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Prints, American -- 19th century.
Description: "In Lincoln Seen and Heard, Harold Holzer probes the development of Lincoln's image and reputation in his own time. He examines a vast array of visual and documentary sources to demonstrate the president's impact both on the public and on the historical imagination, enabling us to see the man from Illinois as his contemporaries saw him." "Holzer considers a wide range of images - prints, portraits, political cartoons - to reveal what they say about Lincoln.".

"Holzer also takes a closer look at Lincoln's oratory, the words of a man often ridiculed for his homespun manner of speaking. He shows how Lincoln's choice of words in the Emancipation Proclamation was actually designed to minimize its humanitarianism and argues that the story of his failure at Gettysburg has been unfairly exaggerated."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.