Arguing with Historians: Essays on the Historical and the Unhistorical

by Richard Nelson Current

Gathers essays about Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War, President Grant, the Reconstruction, carpetbaggers, and historical novels

224 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1987

About the author

Called "the dean of Lincoln scholars", Richard Nelson Current earned a B.A. in 1934 from Oberlin College, and M.A. from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in 1935, a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1940. Among the institutions at which Current taught over the course of his career was Rutgers University, Hamilton College, Northern Michigan University, Lawrence University, Mills College, Salisbury State University, the University of Illinois, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Reviews

[Matthew William]

Great read. Very academic. I really enjoyed it.