Lincoln and the Jews : a history

Sarna, Jonathan D. (Author). Shapell, Benjamin, (author.).

Summary: "One hundred and fifty years after Abraham Lincoln's death, the full story of his extraordinary relationship with Jews is told here for the first time. [This book] provides readers both with a ... narrative of his interactions with Jews, and with the opportunity to immerse themselves in rare manuscripts and images, many from the Shapell Lincoln Collection, that show Lincoln in a way he has never been seen before"--Amazon.com.

Record details

ISBN: 9781250059536 (hbk.)
ISBN: 1250059534 (hbk.)
ISBN: 9781466864610 (ebk.)
Physical Description: print
xiii, 272 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 29 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2015.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The Promised Land ... whose stones are iron and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass : 1809-1830 -- And this too shall pass away--never fear : 1830-1858 -- One of my most valued friends : 1858-1860 -- We have not yet appointed a Hebrew : 1861-1862 -- I myself have a regard for the Jews : 1863 -- About Jews : 1863-1865 -- To see Jerusalem before he died : 1865.