David P. Press;David P. Press
Although he steadfastly refused to be labeled an “abolitionist,” Abraham Lincoln was a...
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2013
Although he steadfastly refused to be labeled an “abolitionist,” Abraham Lincoln was a hero to the abolitionist cause. The emancipation of the slaves in 1863 was strategic to the president's fight against the Confederacy in the Civil War and changed the course of the nation's history.
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Enslaved persons--Emancipation--United States--Juvenile literature - Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century--Juvenile literature - Presidents--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature - Abolitionists--United States--Biography--Juvenile literatureContent provider:
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Michael Burlingame;Michael Burlingame
Now in paperback, this award-winning biography has been hailed as the definitive portr...
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2012; Vol. 00001
Now in paperback, this award-winning biography has been hailed as the definitive portrait of Lincoln .Named One of the 10 Top Lincoln Books by Chicago TribuneNamed One of the 5 Best Books of 2009 by The AtlanticWinner, 2008 PROSE Award for Best Book in U.S . History and Biography/Autobiography, Association of American PublishersWinner, 2010 Lincoln Prize from the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg CollegeIn the first multi-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln to be published in decades, Lincoln scholar Michael Burlingame offers a fresh look at the life of one of America's greatest presidents. Incorporating the field notes of earlier biographers, along with decades of research in multiple manuscript archives and long-neglected newspapers, this remarkable work will both alter and reinforce our current understanding of America's sixteenth president. Volume 1 covers Lincoln's early childhood, his experiences as a farm boy in Indiana and Illinois, his legal training, and the political ambition that led to a term in Congress in the 1840s. In volume 2, Burlingame examines Lincoln's life during his presidency and the Civil War, narrating in fascinating detail the crisis over Fort Sumter and Lincoln's own battles with relentless office seekers, hostile newspaper editors, and incompetent field commanders. Burlingame also offers new interpretations of Lincoln's private life, discussing his marriage to Mary Todd and the untimely deaths of two sons to disease. But through it all—his difficult childhood, his contentious political career, a fratricidal war, and tragic personal losses—Lincoln preserved a keen sense of humor and acquired a psychological maturity that proved to be the North's most valuable asset in winning the Civil War. Published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth, this landmark publication establishes Burlingame as the most assiduous Lincoln biographer of recent memory and brings Lincoln alive to modern readers as never before.
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Presidents--United States--BiographyContent provider:
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Catherine M. Andronik;Karen Latchana Kenney;Catherine M. Andronik;Karen Lat...
Abraham Lincoln was born to poor parents, in a log cabin on the western frontier of a ...
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2017
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Lucas E. Morel;Lucas E. Morel
In this persuasive work of intellectual history, Lucas E. Morel argues that the most i...
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2020
In this persuasive work of intellectual history, Lucas E. Morel argues that the most important influence on Abraham Lincoln's 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. 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 light of experience, progress, and improvements over time. Within these key discussions, Morel shows that without the ideals of the American Revolution, Lincoln's most famous speeches would be unrecognizable, and the character of the nation would have lost its foundation on the universal principles of human equality, individual liberty, and government by the consent of the governed. Lincoln thought that the principles of human equality and individual rights could provide common ground for a diverse people to live as one nation and that some old things, such as the political ideals of the American founding, were worth preserving. He urged Americans to be vigilant in maintaining the institutions of self-government and to exercise and safeguard the benefits of freedom for future generations. Morel posits that adopting the way of thinking and speaking Lincoln advocated, based on the country's founding, could help mend our current polarized discourse and direct the American people to employ their common government on behalf of a truly common good.
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Founding Fathers of the United StatesContent provider:
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Man of Sorrows: Abraham Lincoln's Civil War.
Roberts, Tony;Roberts, Tony
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The Leadership of Abraham Lincoln : Why It Matters Today: An Historical and Contemporary Portrait of Wisdom, Courage, Compassion and Determination
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The Journal of Values-Based Leadership. Summer-Fall, 2022, Vol. 15 Issue 2, p182, 27 p.
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Lodice, Emilio
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The Journal of Values-Based Leadership. Summer-Fall, 2022, Vol. 15 Issue 2, p182, 27 p.
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101 Amazing Abraham Lincoln Facts
Goldstein, Jack;Goldstein, Jack
Do you want to know the important facts about Abraham Lincoln's Life? Amongst many oth...
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101 Amazing Abraham Lincoln Facts
2013
Do you want to know the important facts about Abraham Lincoln's Life? Amongst many other things, the 16th US President abolished slavery, made the Gettysburg Address and was assassinated whilst in office. This easy-to-digest eBook gives you the information you need to know about President Lincoln in handily organised sections. Whether you are writing a history project on ‘Honest Abe 'or you just want to find out more about one of the greatest presidents of all time, this pocket-sized fact-book is an easy way to get the information you want, fast!
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Presidents--United States--Biography--MiscellaneaContent provider:
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A. Lincoln .
Adler, Richard
This biography of the sixteenth U.S. president incorporates new perspectives regarding...
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A. Lincoln .
Magill’s Literary Annual 2010. Jun2010, p1-3. 3p.
This biography of the sixteenth U.S . president incorporates new perspectives regarding Abraham Lincoln ’s formative years and development, including the role of his religious beliefs in shaping his life and work [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Civil war - Religion - Politicians - PresidentsContent provider:
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Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th Edition. 2021, p1-3. 3p.
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Lincoln, Abraham (lĭng′kən), 1809–65, 16th President of the United States (1861–65). [...
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Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th Edition. 2021, p1-3. 3p.
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Parry-Giles, Shawn J.;Kaufer, David S.
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Rhetoric & Public Affairs. Summer2012, Vol. 15 Issue 2, p199-234. 36p.
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This essay examines reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln that were published in the afterm...
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Rhetoric & Public Affairs. Summer2012, Vol. 15 Issue 2, p199-234. 36p.
This essay examines reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln that were published in the aftermath of his death by those who had interacted with Lincoln personally. An understudied genre, Lincoln reminiscences offered judgments of Lincoln's character through a portraiture style designed to make salient private as well as public dimensions of his character. We historicize the rhetoric of portraiture and trace the rise of reminiscence out of biography as a stand-alone genre, which reached unprecedented popularity in the competitive subgenre of the Lincoln reminiscence. We argue that Lincoln reminiscences featured a balance of common and uncommon virtues thought essential for a president, a balance that helped democratize and humanize presidential character. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Presidents of the United States - United States history - Nineteenth century - United States - Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865Content provider:
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What Did Lincoln Mean to Say about Technology in His "Lecture on Discoveries and Inventions"?
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American Political Thought; Winter2023, Vol. 12 Issue 1, p83-112, 30p
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Klinghard, Daniel
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American Political Thought; Winter2023, Vol. 12 Issue 1, p83-112, 30p
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Abraham Lincoln's "Lecture on Discoveries and Inventions," taken with his contemporane...
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What Did Lincoln Mean to Say about Technology in His "Lecture on Discoveries and Inventions"?
Abraham Lincoln's "Lecture on Discoveries and Inventions," taken with his contemporaneous "Address to the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society," presents a coherent view of the role of science in a democratic society. While often read either as a celebration of technology or as only a subtle condemnation of slavery, these speeches are best understood in the context of an antebellum divide between Whigs and Democrats about science and technology. Lincoln's deft deployment of biblical language in "Discoveries and Inventions" suggests that he shared the Whig concern about the social effects of unconstrained technology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
American Political Thought; Winter2023, Vol. 12 Issue 1, p83-112, 30p
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LINCOLN, Abraham, 1809-1865 - DEMOCRACY - POLITICAL leadershipContent provider:
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The Not-So-Grand Review: Abraham Lincoln in the Journal of American History.
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Journal of American History. Sep2009, Vol. 96 Issue 2, p400-416. 17p.
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Guelzo, Allen C.
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Journal of American History. Sep2009, Vol. 96 Issue 2, p400-416. 17p.
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Thurow, Glen E.;Thurow, Glen E.
Lincoln's major public speeches are examined in this analysis of his attempt to create...
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1976
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Making an Antislavery Nation : Lincoln , Douglas, and the Battle Over Freedom
Graham A. Peck;Graham A. Peck
Winner of the Russell P. Strange Memorial Book Award This sweeping narrative presents ...
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Making an Antislavery Nation : Lincoln , Douglas, and the Battle Over Freedom
2017
Winner of the Russell P. Strange Memorial Book Award This sweeping narrative presents an original and compelling explanation for the triumph of the antislavery movement in the United States prior to the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln's election as the first antislavery president was hardly preordained. From the country's inception, Americans had struggled to define slavery's relationship to freedom. Most Northerners supported abolition in the North but condoned slavery in the South, while most Southerners denounced abolition and asserted slavery's compatibility with whites'freedom. On this massive political fault line hinged the fate of the nation. Graham A. Peck meticulously traces the conflict over slavery in Illinois from the Northwest Ordinance in 1787 to Lincoln's defeat of his archrival Stephen A. Douglas in the 1860 election. Douglas's attempt in 1854 to persuade Northerners that slavery and freedom had equal national standing stirred a political earthquake that brought Lincoln to the White House. Yet Lincoln's framing of the antislavery movement as a conservative return to the country's founding principles masked what was in fact a radical and unprecedented antislavery nationalism. It justified slavery's destruction but triggered the Civil War. Presenting pathbreaking interpretations of Lincoln , Douglas, and the Civil War's origins, Making an Antislavery Nation shows how battles over slavery paved the way for freedom's triumph in America.
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Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century - Slavery--Political aspects--United States--History--19th centuryContent provider:
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Reading the Short Story : A Student's Guide to Selected British, Irish and American Works
Anna Wing-bo Tso;Scarlett Lee;Anna Wing-bo Tso;Scarlett Lee
Beginning with a brief history and evolution of the short story genre, alongside an ov...
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Reading the Short Story : A Student's Guide to Selected British, Irish and American Works
2019
Beginning with a brief history and evolution of the short story genre, alongside an overview of the key short story writers, and an explanatory chapter of literary criticism, this book aims to give readers insight into the works by canonical British, Irish, and American authors, including Edgar Allan Poe, James Joyce, Flannery O'Connor, and more. Applying close reading skills and critical literary approaches to twelve selected short stories in English, this work conducts comparative analyses to reveal the interrelationships between the texts, the authors, the readers, and the sociocultural contexts. Developed and tested in literature classes at university over several semesters, this book addresses key issues, topics and trends in the short story genre.
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Short stories, American--History and criticism - Short stories, Irish--History and criticism - Short stories, English--History and criticismContent provider:
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Ahlf, Steve
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Chinese American Forum. Oct2000, Vol. 16 Issue 2, p10-13. 4p.
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STRANGE BEDFELLOWS: ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND RUSSIA'S CZAR ALEXANDER II FORMED AN UNUSUAL, BUT CRUCIAL, WARTIME ALLIANCE
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America's Civil War. November, 2020, Vol. 33 Issue 5, p30, 10 p.
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Beard, Rick
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America's Civil War. November, 2020, Vol. 33 Issue 5, p30, 10 p.
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STRANGE BEDFELLOWS.
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America's Civil War. Nov2020, Vol. 33 Issue 5, p30-39. 10p. 2 Color Photographs, 12 Black and White Photographs.
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Beard, Rick
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America's Civil War. Nov2020, Vol. 33 Issue 5, p30-39. 10p. 2 Color Photographs, 12 Black and White Photographs.
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The Leadership of Abraham Lincoln Why It Matters Today.
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Journal of Values Based Leadership; Summer/Fall2022, Vol. 15 Issue 2, p162-188, 27p
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Iodice, Emilio
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Journal of Values Based Leadership; Summer/Fall2022, Vol. 15 Issue 2, p162-188, 27p
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The Leadership of Abraham Lincoln Why It Matters Today.
Journal of Values Based Leadership; Summer/Fall2022, Vol. 15 Issue 2, p162-188, 27p
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LINCOLN, Abraham, 1809-1865 - LEADERSHIP - PARDON - DISCLAIMERS - HUMAN-animal relationships - HUMAN behavior - LAND grant institutions - TORTUREContent provider:
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BLAZING EARLY HISTORY OF THE U.S . PATENT OFFICE: FEATURING DR. THORNTON’S FIERY SPEECH TO THE REDCOATS, AND THE GREAT CONFLAGRATIONS OF THE 1800s.
COHEN, IRA
The article provides a historical overview of the development of patent laws and the e...
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BLAZING EARLY HISTORY OF THE U.S . PATENT OFFICE: FEATURING DR. THORNTON’S FIERY SPEECH TO THE REDCOATS, AND THE GREAT CONFLAGRATIONS OF THE 1800s.
Federal Lawyer; 2023, Vol. 70 Issue 2, p56-61, 6p
The article provides a historical overview of the development of patent laws and the establishment of the U.S . Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). It highlights the importance of patents in promoting innovation and protecting inventors' rights, and the role of key figures such as Abraham Lincoln , Thomas Jefferson, and Madisones Madison in shaping the American patent system.
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UNITED States. Patent & Trademark Office - LINCOLN, Abraham, 1809-1865 - JEFFERSON, Thomas, 1743-1826 - MADISON, M. - PATENT lawContent provider:
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Capitol Story , Third Edition
C. R. Roseberry;New York State Office of General Services;Diana S. Waite;C....
The New York State Capitol sits majestically at the head of Albany's State Street, a m...
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Capitol Story , Third Edition
2014
The New York State Capitol sits majestically at the head of Albany's State Street, a masterpiece of civic architecture and decorative design. Built between 1867 and 1899, it was the work of four architects—Thomas Fuller, Leopold Eidlitz, Henry Hobson Richardson, and Isaac Perry—who labored under geologically difficult, structurally challenging, and politically exasperating conditions. The building is also the product of hundreds of highly skilled masons and exceptional stone carvers. It is a feat of architectural design and engineering expertise, with superlatively executed interior features and finishes.First published in 1964 and reissued in 1982, C. R. Roseberry's Capitol Story tells the fascinating story of the Capitol's design and construction. This revised and expanded edition includes new information based on research done over the past twenty years, and brings the story up to date with a new chapter on the extensive interior and exterior restorations that were completed in 2013. The book also includes scores of new, specially commissioned, full-color photographs; notes; and an index.Capitol Story will appeal to a wide audience—young and old, New Yorkers and visitors, architecture and history buffs. More importantly, it will help build an educated constituency for the Capitol, one that will understand and be prepared to preserve the building in the years to come.
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Public buildings--New York (State)--AlbanyContent provider:
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Steiner, Mark E.
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Marquette Law Review. Summer2010, Vol. 93 Issue 4, p1283-1324. 42p. 4 Color Photographs, 2 Black and White Photographs, 3 Illustrations.
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The Story Of Queen Victoria 200 Years After Her Birth
Danielle Thorne;Danielle Thorne
Almost 200 years ago, the cries of a newborn baby echoed through the halls of London's...
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The Story Of Queen Victoria 200 Years After Her Birth
2018
Almost 200 years ago, the cries of a newborn baby echoed through the halls of London's Kensington Palace. No one who celebrated Princess Victoria's birth in the late spring of 1819 could have imagined that the little girl born fifth in line to the English throne would be the ruling monarch of the United Kingdom in just a few short years The 19th century was a time of great change. For Princess Alexandrina Victoria, misfortune would strike early with the loss of her father, a lonely childhood, and a mother determined to control her. As teen queen, Queen Victoria ruled with stubbornness, strength, and humility that nourished the advancement of the Industrial Revolution, soothed the tempers of European warmongers, and changed life in England in diverse and sometimes controversial ways. Through her published journals and letters, this beloved figure has come to be known as more than just an aristocratic young woman with a crown, but a queen for the ages. Victoria ruled on her own terms for an astounding 63 years. She survived illness, political plots, the birth of nine children, assassination attempts, and a personal heartbreak that would transform her from a royal ruling mother into a mourning widow. Through it all, she maintained an iron determination to finish her course. Under her reign, the United Kingdom reached its historic peak of world power and dominion, influencing change and life around the globe. A small woman with glowing, round eyes and a ready wit, Queen Victoria is remembered today as the charming giantess who ruled while the sun never set on the British Empire.
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Queens--Great Britain--BiographyContent provider:
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World Writers of Humorous Short Stories
Salem Press;Salem Press
World Writers of Humorous Short Stories is a single-volume reference that contains ess...
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World Writers of Humorous Short Stories
2017
World Writers of Humorous Short Stories is a single-volume reference that contains essays carefully selected by our editors to provide the best information available about the topic covered. The essays in this volume discuss such influential writers as Jorge Luis Borges, Isaac Babel, Salman Rushdie, and Voltaire.
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Authors--Biography--Handbooks, manuals, etc - Short stories--Handbooks, manuals, etc - Humor in literature - Humorous stories--History and criticism--Handbooks, manuals, etcContent provider:
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Encyclopedia of Weird War Stories : Supernatural and Science Fiction Elements in Novels, Pulps, Comics, Film, Television, Games and Other Media
Paul Green;Paul Green
Fictional war narratives often employ haunted battlefields, super-soldiers, time trave...
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Encyclopedia of Weird War Stories : Supernatural and Science Fiction Elements in Novels, Pulps, Comics, Film, Television, Games and Other Media
2017
Fictional war narratives often employ haunted battlefields, super-soldiers, time travel, the undead and other imaginative elements of science fiction and fantasy. This encyclopedia catalogs appearances of the strange and the supernatural found in the war stories of film, television, novels, short stories , pulp fiction, comic books and video and role-playing games. Categories explore themes of mythology, science fiction, alternative history, superheroes and'Weird War.'
