Mark E. Neely, Jr.
Auteur van The Fate of Liberty: Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties
Over de Auteur
Mark E. Neely, Jr., is McCabe-Greer Professor of the History of the Civil War Era at Pennsylvania State University.
Fotografie: University of Arkansas
Werken van Mark E. Neely, Jr.
Lincoln and the Triumph of the Nation: Constitutional Conflict in the American Civil War (2011) 65 exemplaren
Southern Rights: Political Prisoners and the Myth of Confederate Constitutionalism (1999) 59 exemplaren
Lincoln and the Democrats: The Politics of Opposition in the Civil War (Cambridge Essential Histories) (2017) 12 exemplaren
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- 1944
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- Bell I. Wiley Prize
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The book delves into the historiography of previous efforts to describe the event and concludes that most were deficient in several ways, mostly portraying Mary as the subject of unfair treatment by the medical profession and legal processes. The author's conclude that Mary was indeed mentally unbalanced and that the efforts to protect her from herself and from dissipating her estate by continued compulsive spending were justified.
The story is a bit dry as it delves deeply into the legal proceedings that surrounded the affair. It's a quick read and does give insights into this complex person.… (meer)