Abraham Lincoln and Horace Greeley
By: Gregory A. Borchard
Series: Concise Lincoln library; Concise Lincoln library
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Carbondale
Language: eng
Number of pages: 139
ISBN-13: 9780809330454; 9780809390656
Subjects: Politics and government; Politicians; Journalists; Presidents; Biography; Newspaper editors
Description: "On the American stages of politics and journalism in the mid-nineteenth century, few men were more influential than Abraham Lincoln and his sometime adversary, sometime ally, New York Tribune editor Horace Greeley. In this compelling new volume, author Gregory A. Borchard explores the intricate relationship between these two vibrant figures, both titans of the press during one of the most tumultuous political eras in American history. Packed with insightful analysis and painstaking research, Abraham Lincoln and Horace Greeley offers a fresh perspective on these luminaries and their legacies. [...] Abraham Lincoln and Horace Greeley goes beyond tracing each man's personal and political evolution to offer a new perspective on the history-changing events of the times, including the decline of the Whig Party and the rise of the Republicans, the drive to extend American borders into the West; and the bloody years of the Civil War. Borchard finishes with reflections on the deaths of Lincoln and Greeley and how the two men have been remembered by subsequent generations. Sure to become an essential volume in the annals of political history and journalism, Abraham Lincoln and Horace Greeley is a compelling testament to the indelible mark these men left on both their contemporaries and the face of America"s future." --Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Abraham Lincoln and Horace Greeley remembered; title: Self-made men; title: Thirtieth congressmen; title: Free soil, free labor, free speech, free men; title: A fight for union and for freedom; title: Re-remembering Lincoln and Greeley.