Mourning Lincoln 【電子書籍】[ Martha Hodes ]

＜p＞＜strong＞A historian examines how everyday people reacted to the president's assassination in this "highly original, lucidly written book" (James M. McPherson, author of ＜em＞Battle Cry of Freedom＜/em＞).＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞The news of Abraham Lincoln's assassination on April 15, 1865, just days after Confederate surrender, astounded a war-weary nation. Massive crowds turned out for services and ceremonies. Countless expressions of grief and dismay were printed in newspapers and preached in sermons. Public responses to the assassination have been well chronicled, but this book is the first to delve into the personal and intimate responses of everyday peopleーnortherners and southerners, soldiers and civilians, black people and white, men and women, rich and poor.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Exploring diaries, letters, and other personal writings penned during the spring and summer of 1865, historian Martha Hodes captures the full range of reactions to the president's deathーfar more diverse than public expressi．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る