The Crooked Path to Abolition: Abraham Lincoln and the Antislavery Constitution (James Oakes - LP) holzer The desperate struggle for mastery

The desperate struggle for mastery of Virginia's Shenandoah Valley

giving Lincoln strength to tackle the severe challenges he faced

and fighting in this epic story of the American Civil War

" their wounds eloquent expressions of sacrifice and dedication

Holzer uncovers Lincoln’s very modern manipulation of the media―from his promulgation of disinformation to the ways he variously withheld

The Crooked Path to Abolition: Abraham Lincoln and the Antislavery Constitution (James Oakes - LP) holzer The desperate struggle for masteryCrooked Path to Abolition: Abraham Lincoln and the Antislavery Constitution by James Oakes An award winning scholar uncovers the guiding principles of Lincolns antislavery strategies. The long and turning path to the abolition of American slavery has often been attributed to the equivocations and inconsistencies of antislavery leaders, including Lincoln himself. But James Oakess brilliant history of Lincolns antislavery strategies reveals a striking