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William C. Harris has done it again--in Lincoln Illuminated and Remembered, the master storyteller has managed to find something new to say about Lincoln that helps illuminate gaps and misunderstandings about the sixteenth president. With his vast understanding of Lincoln and his remarkable insight, Harris provides fresh material on Lincoln's leadership and the unprecedented challenges that he and his contemporaries faced in preserving the Union. --Stephen D. Engle, author of Gathering to Save a Nation: Lincoln and the Union's War Governors Lincoln Illuminated and Remembered indeed illuminates the lesser-known facets of Lincoln's career, including his persistent efforts to persuade border states to abolish slavery on their own, the long shadow of his opposition to the Mexican War, and his response to Confederate raiders operating from Canada. William C. Harris demonstrates that no matter how much we think we know about Lincoln, there is always more to learn. --James H. Read, author of Sovereign of a Free People: Abraham Lincoln, Majority Rule, and Slavery

"""William C. Harris has done it again—in Lincoln Illuminated and Remembered, the master storyteller has managed to find something new to say about Lincoln that helps illuminate gaps and misunderstandings about the sixteenth president. With his vast understanding of Lincoln and his remarkable insight, Harris provides fresh material on Lincoln’s leadership and the unprecedented challenges that he and his contemporaries faced in preserving the Union.""—Stephen D. Engle, author of Gathering to Save a Nation: Lincoln and the Union’s War Governors ""Lincoln Illuminated and Remembered indeed illuminates the lesser-known facets of Lincoln’s career, including his persistent efforts to persuade border states to abolish slavery on their own, the long shadow of his opposition to the Mexican War, and his response to Confederate raiders operating from Canada. William C. Harris demonstrates that no matter how much we think we know about Lincoln, there is always more to learn.""—James H. Read, author of Sovereign of a Free People: Abraham Lincoln, Majority Rule, and Slavery"

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William C. Harris is professor emeritus of history, North Carolina State University, and author of Two against Lincoln: Reverdy Johnson and Horatio Seymour, Champions of the Loyal Opposition; Lincoln and the Border States: Preserving the Union; and Lincoln’s Rise to the Presidency, all from Kansas.

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