Mark E. Neely, Jr.
Autor(a) de The Fate of Liberty: Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties
About the Author
Mark E. Neely, Jr., is McCabe-Greer Professor of the History of the Civil War Era at Pennsylvania State University.
Image credit: University of Arkansas
Obras por Mark E. Neely, Jr.
Lincoln and the Triumph of the Nation: Constitutional Conflict in the American Civil War (2011) 65 exemplares
Southern Rights: Political Prisoners and the Myth of Confederate Constitutionalism (1999) 59 exemplares
Lincoln and the Democrats: The Politics of Opposition in the Civil War (Cambridge Essential Histories) (2017) 12 exemplares
Associated Works
"We Cannot Escape History": Lincoln and the Last Best Hope of Earth (1995) — Contribuidor — 35 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 1995 (1995) — Co-Author "Portrait of a City Under Siege" — 19 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 1992 (1992) — Co-Author "Theater for War: The Gettysburg Cyclorama" — 16 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 1996 (1996) — Co-Author "Winslow Homer's Civil War" — 12 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Neely, Mark E., Jr.
- Nome legal
- Neely, Mark E., Jr.
- Data de nascimento
- 1944
- Sexo
- male
- Prémios e menções honrosas
- Bell I. Wiley Prize
Membros
Críticas
Prémios
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 20
- Also by
- 6
- Membros
- 997
- Popularidade
- #25,851
- Avaliação
- 3.7
- Críticas
- 7
- ISBN
- 45
- Línguas
- 1
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.… (mais)