The Lincoln Image
ABRAHAM LINCOLN and the POPULAR PRINT
Will be published approx. on 15. September 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
264 pages
978-0-252-06984-0 (ISBN)
Description
How printmakers chronicled and influenced Lincoln's transfiguration into an American icon
Reviews / Votes
"An intriguing assemblage of Lincoln's many looks; wild Republican; family man; angry prophet; sagacious dreamer." Todd Crespi, Los Angeles Times "Absorbing and entertaining." The New Yorker "[An] important contribution to the history of American prints as well as to the study of Lincoln ... a feast for both eye and mind." Choice "An exquisite archival picture book." Kenneth R. Clark, Chicago TribuneMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Baltimore
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
106 photographs
Dimensions
Height: 272 mm
Width: 206 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
771 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-252-06984-0 (9780252069840)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Harold Holzer is vice president for external affairs at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the author or editor of several books, including Lincoln at Cooper Union. Gabor Boritt, Robert C. Fluhrer Professor of Civil War Studies and director of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College, is the author of The Lincoln Enigma and other books. Mark E. Neely Jr., McCabe Greer Professor of History at Pennsylvania State University, is the author of The Last Best Hope of Earth: Abraham Lincoln and the Promise of America and other books.