A secession crisis enigma [electronic resource] : William Henry Hurlbert and "The diary of a public man" / Daniel W. Crofts.
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TextPublication details: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2010.Description: 292 p. : illSubject(s): - Hurlbert, William Henry, 1827-1895
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- Diary of a public man
- Secession -- United States -- History -- Sources
- Diaries -- Authorship -- Case studies
- 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
- 973.7/31 22
- E440.5 .C94 2010
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| Ebook | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Online | eBook (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available |
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.