{"product_id":"9780809388103","title":"The Lincoln Mailbag: America Writes to the President, 1861-1865","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs president, Abraham Lincoln received between two hundred and five hundred letters a day—correspondence from public officials, political allies, and military leaders, as well as letters from ordinary Americans of all races who wanted to share their views with him. Here, and in his critically acclaimed volume \u003ci\u003eDear Mr. Lincoln,\u003c\/i\u003e editor Harold Holzer has rescued these voices—sometimes eloquent, occasionally angry, at times poetic—from the obscurity of the archives of the Civil War. \u003ci\u003eThe Lincoln Mailbag\u003c\/i\u003e includes letters written by African Americans, which Lincoln never saw, revealing to readers a more accurate representation of the nation’s mood than even the president knew. This first paperback edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Lincoln Mailbag\u003c\/i\u003e includes a new index and fourteen illustrations, and Holzer’s introduction and annotations provide historical context for the events described and the people who wrote so passionately to their president in Lincoln's America.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Southern Illinois University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47129276612848,"sku":"9780809388103","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780809388103_p0.jpg?v=1763727861","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780809388103","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}