02242nam a22004214a 4500 ebr10408463 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 090827s2010 laua sb s001 0deng 2009035582 9780807135914 (cloth : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)663115300 n-us--- n-us-sc E440.5 .C94 2010eb 973.7/31 22 Crofts, Daniel W. A secession crisis enigma [electronic resource] : William Henry Hurlbert and "The diary of a public man" / Daniel W. Crofts. Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2010. 292 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references and index. Deciphering "The diary of a public man" -- Proving who wrote the diary -- Young Hurlbert -- Hurlbert the journalist -- Hurlbert and the secession crisis -- A fiction nothing more nor less? -- The Lincoln interviews -- Hurlbert and Ward -- Promoting the diary -- Hurlbert and the world -- Connecting past and present -- Scandal and summation -- Epilogue: "The diary of a public man" and the Lincoln legend -- Appendix: The text of "The diary of a public man." Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Hurlbert, William Henry, 1827-1895. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Diary of a public man. Secession United States History Sources. Diaries Authorship Case studies. Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.) Siege, 1861 Sources. United States Politics and government 1857-1861 Sources. United States Politics and government 1861-1865 Sources. United States Historiography Miscellanea. United States History Errors, inventions, etc. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10408463 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 80244 80244