historian William Freehling instead emphasizes the prewar years, revealing how Lincoln came to be the extraordinary leader who...... more

version in 1965, runs to almost 3,000 pages, some 1.3 million words. Through the diligent efforts of William W. Freehling and...... more

version in 1965, runs to almost 3,000 pages, some 1.3 million words. Through the diligent efforts of William W. Freehling and...... more

important story with skill and relish. Freehling highlights all the key moments on the road to war, including the violence in...... more

important story with skill and relish. Freehling highlights all the key moments on the road to war, including the violence in...... more

War era offers an entirely new answer to this question. William Freehling argues that anti-Confederate...... more

William W. Freehling is one of America’s leading historians. His groundbreaking works on slavery and the years leading...... more

, William W. Freehling and Craig M. Simpson have for the first time collected the seven surviving speeches and public letters of...... more

When William Freehling’s Prelude to Civil War first appeared in 1965 it was immediately hailed as a brilliant and...... more

William Freehling’s words, "a world so lushly various as to be a storyteller’s dream." It was a world where Deep South cotton...... more

Unknown function: Edited by William H. Freehling...... more

For millennia, women around the world have shouldered the responsibility of caring for their familie... more