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The Emancipation Proclamation: Three Views (Conflicting Worlds)

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This is an interesting read and forces the reader to consider the possibility that all we have been taught about Abraham Lincoln needs to be reconsidered.

I found the Holzer section particularly insightful. He has brought together a lot of material I was unaware of and increased my knowlege of this segment of Lincoln material. The Williams article was very logically prsented and precise.

I found the format of this book a little awkward. Putting together three different takes on the same ultimate subject may have sounded like a good idea among these friends, but three separate magazine articles would have been a better solution. (I also found the book's type size too small for ideal reading comfort.)

Of the three authors, I think Harold Holzer delivered the most interesting text for the benefit of anyone already having a basic understanding of the history of the Proclamation. Best for me was his material on Thomas Ball's statue in Lincoln Park, Washington, D.C.

If you have only time for one book on President Lincoln's great deed, read Professor Allen C. Gueizo's 2004 effort.