A secession crisis enigma William Henry Hurlbert and "The diary of a public man" / [electronic resource] :
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.
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.