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The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War is a biography of Abraham Lincoln written by Thomas J. DiLorenzo, a former professor of economics at Loyola University Maryland, in 2002. He was severely critical of Lincoln's United States presidency.
DiLorenzo's book, Lincoln Unmasked: What You're Not Supposed to Know About Dishonest Abe (2007), continues his explorations begun in The Real Lincoln. [40] Reviews in The Washington Post and Publishers Weekly both stated that the book seemed directed at unnamed scholars who had praised Lincoln's contributions. Justin Ewers criticized DiLorenzo ...
Still, DiLorenzo's work is more of a diatribe against a mostly unnamed group of Lincoln scholars than a real historical analysis." [3] The review in Publishers Weekly called the book a "laughable screed," and suggested that DiLorenzo's main target was "scholars who dominate American universities (most notably Eric Foner)". [4]
One hundred essential Lincoln books (2003), examines the major books; Foner, Eric, ed. Our Lincoln: New Perspectives on Lincoln and His World (2009), essays by scholars excerpt and text search; Holt, Michael F. "Lincoln Reconsidered." Journal of American History 96.2 (2009): 451–455. online
Forced into Glory: Abraham Lincoln's White Dream (2000) is a book written by Lerone Bennett Jr., an African-American scholar and historian, who served as the executive editor of Ebony for decades. It criticizes United States President Abraham Lincoln and claims that his reputation as the "Great Emancipator" during the American Civil War is ...
Lerone Bennett Jr. (October 17, 1928 – February 14, 2018) was an African-American scholar, author and social historian who analyzed race relations in the United States. His works included Before the Mayflower (1962) and Forced into Glory (2000), a book about U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
Ronald Cedric "Ron" White Jr. (born May 22, 1939) is an American historian, author, and lecturer. [1] He has written bestselling and award-winning biographies of Abraham Lincoln [2] and Ulysses S. Grant, as well as three other books on Lincoln and a biography of Joshua Chamberlain.
Weik was born in Greencastle, Indiana.His father emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1848; his mother was a native of Cincinnati.His education, begun in the public schools of Greencastle, was completed at Indiana Asbury College (now DePauw University), in Greencastle, where he received an A.B. in 1875 and a Master of Arts in 1883.