Product Description: Mary Lincoln is a lightning rod for controversy. Stories reveal widely different interpretations, and it is impossible to write a definitive version of her life that will suit everyone. The thirteen engaging essays in this collection introduce Mary Lincoln’s complex nature and show how she is viewed today...read more

Product Description: For decades Abraham and Mary Lincoln’s marriage has been characterized as discordant and tumultuous. In Abraham and Mary Lincoln, author Kenneth J. Winkle goes beyond the common image of the couple, illustrating that although the waters of the Lincoln household were far from calm, the Lincolns were above all a house united...read more

Product Description: The Study Guide contains chapter objectives and outlines, short-answer and essay questions, and chronologies that support students as they work through the text.

The war that divided the nation receives a complete examination in a single encompassing volume, including information on every significant battle, as well as the vital social and economic aspects of the war and reconstruction, three-dimensional campaign maps, period photographs, scholarly essays, and other valuable features.

Product Description: This book examines the impact of westward migration on political development and behavior in Ohio, the most populous midwestern state during the nineteenth century. Professor Winkle explores the influence of migration on rules of suffrage, the conduct of elections, patterns of voting, recruitment of political leaders, and local party organizations as they all emerged before the Civil War...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Drawing on the latest interpretive and methodological advances in historical scholarship, The Young Eagle: The Rise of Abraham Lincoln reexamines the young adult life of America's sixteenth president. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)