Conversations with Lincoln
1st Edition
Published on 30. April 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
453 pages
978-0-7658-0933-9 (ISBN)
Description
A Lincoln book that says something new is a rarity. Conversations with Lincoln is just such a book. In it Charles M. Segal has collected and presented more than one hundred interviews with Lincoln as President-elect and President. As a revelation of the intimate, human side of Abraham Lincoln, it will be a source of endless fascination to every reader interested in the Civil War era. This is a wide-ranging and engaging volume. The conversations collected here (between 1860 and 1865) range from brief remarks to extended discussions. Mr. Segal introduces each interview and the personalities involved. The collection is arranged chronologically, giving a rich picture of the Lincoln presidency. Charles M. Segal was born in Montreal, attended college there, and served in the Royal Canadian Air Force. He holds degrees from Skidmore College and Union College. After World War II, he became a reporter and a foreign correspondent for a number of papers in Canada and the United States. After settling in the U.S., he began his serious study of Lincoln and the Civil War. David Donald is Charles Warren Professor of American History Emeritus at Harvard University
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Language
English
Place of publication
Somerset
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
732 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7658-0933-9 (9780765809339)
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Charles Segal
Conversations with Lincoln
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08/2017
1st Edition
Routledge
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Person
Charles M. Segal was born in Montreal, attended college there, and served in the Royal Canadian Air Force. He became a reporter in Canada and a feature writer for a number of papers in the United States. Two years after settling in the U.S., he began his serious study of Lincoln and the Civil War, and has pursued his research and writing since. Much of the material here has never been used before in book form.
Content
Introduction; Preface to Conversations with Lincoln; 1: "Miscellaneous and Incongruous Elements"; 2: "Fortunate for the Peace"; 3: "Think Calmly and Well"; 4: "The Heather Is on Fire"; 5: "The Fat's in the Fire"; 6: "The Gases of Public Exasperation"; 7: "Like a Chinaman Beating His Swords"; 8: "Anything but a Bed of Roses"; 9: "A Leader to Speak the Bold Word"; 10: "It Is Not Best to Swap Horses"; 11: "It Made My Heart Jump"