Lincoln in American Memory

Book:	Lincoln in American Memory
Author:	Merrill D. Peterson
Honors:	1995 Pulitzer–History finalist Score: 6.45
Genres:	History books Nonfiction books Biography books
Publisher:	Oxford University Press

Lincoln’s death, like his life, was an event of epic proportions. When the president was struck down at his moment of triumph, writes Merrill Peterson, “sorrow—indescribable sorrow” swept the nation. After lying in state in Washington, Lincoln’s body was carried by a special funeral train to Springfield, Illinois, stopping in major cities along the way; perhaps a million people viewed the remains as memorial orations rang out and the world chorused its praise. It was the apotheosis of the martyred president—the beginning of the transformation of a man into a mythic hero.

In Lincoln in American Memory, historian Merrill Peterson provides a fascinating history of Lincoln’s place in American thought and imagination from the hour of his death to the present. In tracing the changing image of Lincoln through time, this wide-ranging account offers insight into the evolution and the struggles of American politics and society—and into the character of Lincoln himself.

Find it:	Alibris Amazon.com Barnes & Noble Blackwell Online WorldCat