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A secession crisis enigma : William Henry Hurlbert and The diary of a public man
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A secession crisis enigma : William Henry Hurlbert and The diary of a public man / Daniel W. Crofts.
ISBN
9780807135914 (cloth : alk. paper)
0807135917 (cloth : alk. paper)
Published
Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2010.
Physical Description
292 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 12, 2010
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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."
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