Lincoln's Hundred Days: The Emancipation Proclamation and the War for the Union by Louis P. Masur

Lincoln's Hundred Days: The Emancipation Proclamation and the War for the Union

Louis P. Masur

358 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
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"The time has come now," Abraham Lincoln told his cabinet as he presented the preliminary draft of a "Proclamation of Emancipation." Lincoln's effort to end slavery has been controversial from its inception-when it was denounced by some as an unco...

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