Prologue: "Gladness of Heart"
Chapter 1: "A Large Share of Thought From the First"
Chapter 2: "Proper, Practical Relation"
Chapter 3: "A Pernicious Abstraction"
Chapter 4: "A Plan of Re-construction"
Chapter 5: "We, the Loyal People, Differ"
Chapter 6: "Fraught With Difficulty"
Chapter 7: "A Righteous and Speedy Peace"
Chapter 8: "The Egg is to the Fowl"
Afterword: "The Present 'Situation' "
Appendix: Text of Lincoln's Last Speech, April 11, 1865
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
Louis P. Masur is Distinguished Professor of American Studies and History at Rutgers University. He is the author of many books, including, most recently, The Civil War: A Concise History and Lincoln's Hundred Days: The Emancipation Proclamation and the War for the Union.
"When he spoke from the White House on April 11, 1865, Lincoln
effectively closed one chapter of American history and began
another. Yet this essential speech has been overshadowed by the
great events surrounding it on either side, and our knowledge that
its author could not follow its prescriptions. Fortunately, that
omission has been corrected. Thanks to Louis P. Masur, we now have
the final word on Lincoln's last speech."--Edward L. Widmer,
director and
librarian of the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University,
author of Ark of the Liberties: America and the World
"A concise, useful analysis of Lincoln's generous hope for postwar
America, seen against the failures of the actual Reconstruction
that followed."--Kirkus Reviews
"In Lincoln's Last Speech, Louis P. Masur, a professor at Rutgers
University...does an excellent job of explaining this speech's
importance. It is a complex story, and it comprehensively portrays
the mix of political sophistication and kindness that made Lincoln
a great president."--Dallas Morning News
"On April 11, 1865 President Lincoln delivered his last speech. His
words that evening revealed much about his views on reconstructing
the south."--Dayton Daily News
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