Lincoln Mailbag America Writes to the President, 1861-1865

As president, Abraham Lincoln received between two hundred and five hundred letters a daycorrespondence from public officials, political allies, and military leaders, as well as letters from ordinary Americans of all races who wanted to share their views with him. Here, and in his critically acclaimed volumeDear Mr. Lincoln,editor Harold Holzer has rescued these voicessometimes eloquent, occasionally angry, at times poeticfrom the obscurity of the archives of the Civil War.The Lincoln Mailbagincludes letters written by African Americans, which Lincoln never saw, revealing to readers a more accurate representation of the nation's mood than even the president knew. This first paperback edition ofThe Lincoln Mailbagincludes a new index and fourteen illustrations, and Holzer's introduction and annotations provide historical context for the events described and the people who wrote so passionately to their president in Lincoln's America.Holzer, Harold is the author of 'Lincoln Mailbag America Writes to the President, 1861-1865', published 2006 under ISBN 9780809326853 and ISBN 080932685X.