A secession crisis enigma
Subtitle: William Henry Hurlbert and "The diary of a public man"
By: Daniel W. Crofts.
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Baton Rouge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780807135914
Subjects: Hurlbert, William Henry, -- 1827-1895; Lincoln, Abraham, -- 1809-1865; Diary of a public man; Secession -- United States -- History -- Sources; Diaries -- Authorship -- Case studies; Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.) -- Siege, 1861 -- Sources; United States -- Politics and government -- 1857-1861 -- Sources; United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 -- Sources; United States -- Historiography -- Miscellanea; United States -- History -- Errors, inventions, etc
Genres: History; Sources; Case studies; Miscellanea
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Deciphering "The diary of a public man"; title: Proving who wrote the diary; title: Young Hurlbert; title: Hurlbert the journalist; title: Hurlbert and the secession crisis; title: A fiction nothing more nor less?; title: The Lincoln interviews; title: Hurlbert and Ward; title: Promoting the diary; title: Hurlbert and the world; title: Connecting past and present; title: Scandal and summation; title: Epilogue: "The diary of a public man" and the Lincoln legend; title: Appendix: The text of "The diary of a public man."