About the Author

Barry Schwartz is professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Georgia and the author of five books, including Abraham Lincoln and the Forge of National Memory, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

Reviews

"Anyone - scholar or layman or buff - who wants to understand Lincoln's place in American life is obliged to read Barry Schwartz. He has made himself indispensable." - Andrew Ferguson, author of Land of Lincoln: Adventures in Abe's America "Where have our heroes gone? And does it matter that they no longer speak to us? These are questions Barry Schwartz explores through the prism of Abraham Lincoln. This provocative book is an engaging critique of the conventional wisdom." - Thomas F. Schwartz, Illinois State Historian, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum"