Lincoln and the American Founding Morel Hardback MP–SIL Southern Illinois Uni

Lincoln and the American FoundingAuthor(s): Lucas E. Morel\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Southern Illinois University Press, United States\nImprint: Southern Illinois University Press\nISBN-13: 9780809337859, 978-0809337859\nSynopsis\nIn this persuasive work of intellectual history, Lucas E. Morel argues that the most important influence on Abraham Lincolns political thought and practice was what he learned from the leading figures of and documents from the birth of the United States. In this systematic account of those principles, Morel compellingly demonstrates that to know Lincoln well is to understand thoroughly the founding of America.\n\n With each chapter describing a particular influence, Morel leads readers from the Founding Father, George Washington; to the founding documents, the Declaration of Independence and Constitution; to the founding compromise over slavery; and finally to a consideration of how the original intentions of the Founding Fathers should be respected in .