{"product_id":"lincolns-informer-charles-a-dana-and-the-inside-story-of-the-union-war-hardback-9780700628469","title":"Lincoln's Informer; Charles a. Dana and the Inside Story of the Union War (Hardback) 9780700628469","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLincoln's Informer\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCharles a. Dana and the Inside Story of the Union War\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCarl J. Guarneri (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780700628469\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 25 October 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e520 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.1 x 16.5 x 3.8 cm, 0.883 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eLincoln's Informer\u003c\/i\u003e is a genuine contribution to both Civil War studies and the history of nineteenth-century journalism. In the story of Charles A. Dana, \u003ci\u003eLincoln's Informer\u003c\/i\u003e reclaims exciting and underreported aspects of American political, literary, and military history.\" - Harold Holzer, winner of the Gilder-Lehrman Lincoln Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This highly readable, thoroughly researched account of Charles A. Dana's role in the Civil War era is a welcome addition to the literature, for it sheds new light not only on Dana but also on such important players as Abraham Lincoln, U. S. Grant, and Horace Greeley.\" - Michael Burlingame, author of \u003ci\u003eAbraham Lincoln: A Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Brimming with fascinating details and drawing on an array of new sources, \u003ci\u003eLincoln's Informer\u003c\/i\u003e provides the definitive portrait of newspaper editor Charles A. Dana's controversial career as an informant, investigator, and advisor for the War Department. Both on the field and in Washington, DC, Guarneri's cogent narrative reveals how Dana's reports on commanders, campaigns, and fraud not only earned the respect of President Lincoln and Secretary of War Edwin Stanton but also impacted vital military and political policy.\" - Joan Waugh, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe American War: A History of the Civil War Era\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Charles A. Dana, though little known today, was one of the major figures of the Civil War, an informant for Secretary of War Stanton and President Lincoln. \u003ci\u003eLincoln's Informer\u003c\/i\u003e is well written and full of insights for all Civil War scholars and buffs.\" - John F. Marszalek, executive director and managing editor of the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library at Mississippi State University\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn a recent poll of leading historians, Charles A. Dana was Named among the “Twenty-Five Most Influential Civil War Figures You’ve Probably Never Heard Of.” If you \u003ci\u003ehave\u003c\/i\u003e heard of Dana, it was probably from his classic \u003ci\u003eRecollections of the Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e (1898), which was ghostwritten by muckraker Ida Tarbell and riddled with errors cited by unsuspecting historians ever since. \u003ci\u003eLincoln’s Informer\u003c\/i\u003e at long last Sets the record straight, giving Charles A. Dana his due in a story that rivals the best historical fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDana didn’t just record history, Carl J. Guarneri notes: he made it. Starting out as managing editor of Horace Greeley’s \u003ci\u003eNew York Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, he led the newspaper’s charge against proslavery forces in Congress and the Kansas territory. When his criticism of the Union’s prosecution of the war became too much for Greeley, Dana was drafted by Secretary of War Edwin Stanton to be a special agent—and it was in this capacity that he truly made his mark. Drawing on Dana’s reports, letters, and telegrams—“the most remarkable, interesting, and instructive collection of official documents relating to the Rebellion,” according to the custodian of the Union war records—Guarneri reconstructs the Civil War as Dana experienced and observed it: as a journalist, a confidential informant to Stanton and Lincoln, and, most controversially, an administration insider with surprising influence. While reporting most of the war’s major events, Dana also had a hand in military investigations, the cotton trade, Lincoln’s reelection, passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, and, most notably, the making of Ulysses S. Grant and the breaking of other generals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDana’s reporting and Guarneri’s lively narrative provide fresh impressions of Lincoln, Stanton, Grant, and other Union war leaders. \u003ci\u003eLincoln’s Informer\u003c\/i\u003e shows us the unlikely role of a little-known confidant and informant in the Lincoln administration’s military and political successes. A remarkable inside look at history unfolding, this book draws the first complete picture of a fascinating character writing his chapter in the story of the Civil War.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University Press of Kansas","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52530995724568,"sku":"9780700628469","price":42.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/lincolns-informer-charles-a-dana-and-the-inside-story-of-the-union-war-hardback-9780700628469","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}