Title: American oracle
Description: David Blight takes his readers back to the centennial celebration of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation to determine how Americans then made sense of the suffering, loss, and liberation that had wracked the United States a century earlier. --from publisher description.
Subjects: Historiography, Influence, History, Warren, robert penn, 1905-1989, Wilson, edmund, 1895-1972, Baldwin, james, 1924-1987, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, historiography, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, influence
Places: United States
People: Edmund Wilson (1895-1972), Bruce Catton (1899-1978), James Baldwin (1924-1987), Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989)
Time periods: Civil War, 1861-1865