Lincoln and New York /

Abraham Lincoln--the quintessential westerner--surprisingly owed much of his national political success to his impact on New York, and, in turn, New York's impact on him. Virtually unknown outside his home state when he made his maiden speech in Manhattan in February 1860, Lincoln took New York...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	New-York Historical Society, Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State University. Libraries)
Other Authors:	Holzer, Harold, Baker, Jean H.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London : New York : New York : London : Philip Wilson ; in association with the New-York Historical Society ; Distributed in North America by Palgrave Macmillan ; Distributed in the rest of the world by I.B. Tauris, ©2009.
Subjects:	Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865. Lincoln, Abraham > 1809-1865 > Exhibitions. New York (N.Y.) > History. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Exhibitions. New York (N.Y.) > History > Exhibitions. New York (N.Y.) > Histoire. New York (State) > New York. History.

Table of Contents:

"We are Lincoln men" : Abraham Lincoln and New York Republicans / Jean H. Baker
The culture of opposition in New York / Barnet Schecter
The economics of civil war : money, manufacturing, and commerce / Craig L. Symonds
Black New York and the Lincoln presidency / James Oliver Horton
The Lincoln image : made in New York / Harold Holzer
Civil liberties in wartime New York / Frank Williams
Mrs. Lincoln and women in wartime New York / Catherine Clinton
Mourning for a Lost Captain : New York City comes to terms with a national tragedy / Michael Kammen.