Allen C Guelzo: 7 books

Book cover of Lincoln: A Very Short Introduction
by Allen C. Guelzo
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Beneath the surface of the apparently untutored and deceptively frank Abraham Lincoln ran private tunnels of self-taught study, a restless philosophical curiosity, and a profound grasp of the fundamentals of democracy. Now, in Lincoln: A Very Short Introduction, the award-winning Lincoln authority Allen...
Book cover of Fateful Lightning

Fateful Lightning

A New History of the Civil War and Reconstruction

by Allen C. Guelzo
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2012

The Civil War is the greatest trauma ever experienced by the American nation, a four-year paroxysm of violence that left in its wake more than 600,000 dead, more than 2 million refugees, and the destruction (in modern dollars) of more than $700 billion in property. The war also sparked some of the...
Book cover of Lincoln and Douglas

Lincoln and Douglas

The Debates that Defined America

by Allen C. Guelzo
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010

From the two-time winner of the prestigious Lincoln Prize, a stirring and surprising account of the debates that made Lincoln a national figure and defined the slavery issue that would bring the country to war. In 1858, Abraham Lincoln was known as a successful Illinois lawyer who had achieved...
Book cover of Gettysburg

Gettysburg

The Last Invasion

by Allen C. Guelzo
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013

**Winner of the Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History An Economist Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year** The Battle of Gettysburg has been written about at length and thoroughly dissected in terms of strategic importance, but never before...
Book cover of Reconstruction

Reconstruction

A Concise History

by Allen C. Guelzo
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2018

The era known as Reconstruction is one of the unhappiest times in American history. It succeeded in reuniting the nation politically after the Civil War but in little else. Conflict shifted from the battlefield to the Capitol as Congress warred with President Andrew Johnson over just what to do with...
Book cover of Redeeming the Great Emancipator
by Allen C. Guelzo
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2016

Abraham Lincoln projects a larger-than-life image across American history owing to his role as the Great Emancipator. Yet this noble aspect of Lincoln’s identity is the dimension that some historians have cast into doubt. The award-winning historian and Lincoln scholar Allen Guelzo offers a vigorous defense of America’s sixteenth president.
Book cover of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation

Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation

The End of Slavery in America

by Allen C. Guelzo
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2006

One of the nation's foremost Lincoln scholars offers an authoritative consideration of the document that represents the most far-reaching accomplishment of our greatest president. No single official paper in American history changed the lives of as many Americans as Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation....
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