M.E. Bradford

ABRAHAM LINCOLN LOOKS DOWN ON US in magisterial dominion from his throne in Washington's biggest monument-the American demigod. There is some justice in the symbol, because it was Lincoln who, with rivers of blood, destroyed the old Constitutional Union and founded the American nation that we know. As M.E. Bradford writes: "The truth about the life and death of Lincoln seems to matter very little when it is confronted by the myth." Even though, he adds, there is "God's plenty of evidence" to challenge the myth. In these essays, M.E. Bradford and Thomas Landess, high-caliber scholars, thinkers, and writers, examine aspects of Lincoln with the realism that is normally applied to any historical figure. What they find is revealing to everyone who will take note. Now that the American nation seems to have passed its peak, getting right with the real Lincoln may be essential to our survival.

THE 16 BRADFORD ESSAYS INCLUDED HERE range over a variety of Faulkner's literary productions, though the emphasis lies especially on the shorter fiction-both widely known and studied stories like "Barn Burning" and lesser-known texts like "Golden Land." Thematically, the essays reflect, of course, Bradford's own personal predilections, though there is no doubt that the recurring themes were also central to Faulkner's aims as a writer: the profound gravity of the past as it informs the present; the "peculiar" and tragic-even mythic- trajectory of Southern history; the powerful sense of place and attachment to the land; the importance not only of the old Southern hierarchies-especially the legacy of the antebellum planter class-but also of the yeomanry or "plain folk"; and the preeminent moral importance of endurance.

In this seminal volume, M. E. Bradford defines the Old Whig political tradition in American thought, showing that the inheritance of the prescriptive anti-federalists still lives. For Bradford, important elements in our heritage from the American Revolution have been systematically hidden from our view by anachronistic and partisan scholarship. He believes that other, more ideological components have been emphasized at the expense of the rest. Here he attempts to return us to our heritage.

This work compiles biographical sketches for all 55 Framers who attended the Philadelphia Convention. It examines their constitutional theories, their visions for the newly-founded union and their opinions on ratification of the document.

In this seminal volume, M. E. Bradford defines the Old Whig political tradition in American thought, showing that the inheritance of the prescriptive anti-federalists still lives. For Bradford, important elements in our heritage from the American Revolution have been systematically hidden from our view by anachronistic and partisan scholarship. He believes that other, more ideological components have been emphasized at the expense of the rest. Here he attempts to return us to our heritage.

Set at the time of the western migration from Piedmont Virginia to her native Kentucky, Ms. RobertsAIs novel recounts the heroism of the Kentucky pioneer. Roberts was that rare thing, a true artist...She was one of the indispensables.O-Robert Penn Warren. Southern Classics Series.