The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery

Author: Eric Foner
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 039308082X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 464

Book Description
“A masterwork [by] the preeminent historian of the Civil War era.”—Boston Globe Selected as a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times Book Review, this landmark work gives us a definitive account of Lincoln's lifelong engagement with the nation's critical issue: American slavery. A master historian, Eric Foner draws Lincoln and the broader history of the period into perfect balance. We see Lincoln, a pragmatic politician grounded in principle, deftly navigating the dynamic politics of antislavery, secession, and civil war. Lincoln's greatness emerges from his capacity for moral and political growth.

The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery

Author: Eric Foner
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 039334066X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 465

Book Description
From a master historian comes the story of Lincoln's--and the nation's--transformation through the crucible of slavery and emancipation.

The Fiery Trial

Author: Eric Foner
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 039334066X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0

The Fiery Trial

Author: Cassandra Clare
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481443216
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82

Book Description
Simon and Clary reunite as they witness a Parabatai ceremony…and discuss their own plans to be bonded. One of ten adventures in Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy. Simon and Clary act as witnesses to the parabatai ceremony of Emma Carstairs and Julian Blackthorn…and discuss their own parabatai plans in this precursor to The Dark Artifices. This standalone e-only short story follows the adventures of Simon Lewis, star of the #1 New York Times bestselling series, The Mortal Instruments, as he trains to become a Shadowhunter. Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy features characters from Cassandra Clare’s Mortal Instruments, Infernal Devices, and the upcoming Dark Artifices and Last Hours series. The Fiery Trial is written by Cassandra Clare and Maureen Johnson. Read more of Cassandra Clare’s Shadowhunter Chronicles in The Infernal Devices, The Mortal Instruments, and The Bane Chronicles.

This Fiery Trial

Author: Abraham Lincoln
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195151060
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 236

Book Description
A revealing collection of Abraham Lincoln's best writings includes the Gettysburg Address, the Second Inaugural Address, the Emancipation Proclamation, and many others.

Through a Fiery Trial

Author: Bob Arnebeck
Publisher: Madison Books
ISBN: 146171396X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 740

Book Description
This is the true story about how Washington, D.C. became the nation's capital. Arnebeck uncovers unknown information and chronicles the building of the city unlike anyone else.

A House Divided

Author: Eric Foner
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393306125
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 212

Book Description
In conjunction with a ten-year exhibit at the Chicago Historical Society, beginning January 1990.

More Precious Than Gold

Author: John Vaughn
Publisher: Fleming H. Revell Company
ISBN: 9780800755195
Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
With faith refined by this fiery trial and restored by God's grace, the Vaughns are later able to see gold come from the ashes of their former life. Their marriage develops a 'priceless oneness' as John and Brenda cling to each other as never before, John's ministry grows from a small church of 35 people to a church 1,000 members strong.

Our Fiery Trial

Author: Stephen B. Oates
Publisher: Univ of Massachusetts Press
ISBN: 9780870233975
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 150

Book Description

Fiery Trial

Author: James H. Lincoln
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 96

Book Description