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Crofts, Daniel W.

A secession crisis enigma William Henry Hurlbert and "The diary of a public man" / [electronic resource] : Daniel W. Crofts. - Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2010. - 292 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Deciphering "The diary of a public man" -- Proving who wrote the diary -- Young Hurlbert -- Hurlbert the journalist -- Hurlbert and the secession crisis -- A fiction nothing more nor less? -- The Lincoln interviews -- Hurlbert and Ward -- Promoting the diary -- Hurlbert and the world -- Connecting past and present -- Scandal and summation -- Epilogue: "The diary of a public man" and the Lincoln legend -- Appendix: The text of "The diary of a public man."


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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Subjects--Personal Names:
Hurlbert, William Henry, 1827-1895.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Diary of a public man.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Secession--History--United States--Sources.
Diaries--Authorship--Case studies.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.)--Siege, 1861--Sources.
United States--Politics and government--1857-1861--Sources.
United States--Politics and government--1861-1865--Sources.
United States--Historiography--Miscellanea.
United States--History--Errors, inventions, etc.

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: E440.5 / .C94 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 973.7/31