Land of Lincoln Adventures in Abe's America

Name: Land of Lincoln Adventures in Abe's America
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ISBN: 9780802143617

ISBN-10: 080214361X

ISBN-13: 9780802143617

Edition: 2008

Authors: Andrew Ferguson

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Before he grew up and became one of Washington's most respected reporters and editors, Andrew Ferguson was, of all things, a Lincoln buff. Like so many sons of Illinois before him, he hung photos of Abe on his bedroom wall, memorized the Gettysburg Address, and read himself to sleep at night with the Second Inaugural or the "Letter to Mrs. Bixby." Ferguson eventually outgrew his obsession. But decades later, his latent buffdom was reignited by a curious headline in a local newspaper: Lincoln Statue Stirs Outrage in Richmond. "Lincoln?" thought Ferguson. "Outrage? I felt the first stirrings of the fatal question, the question that, once raised, never lets go: Huh?" In Land of Lincoln,…

Book details

List price: $14.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/11/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.572
Language: English



Preface



When Lincoln Came Back to Richmond



Billy Herndon and the Inner Mr. L.



The Past Isn't What It Used to Be



The Kingmaker's Wife, the Emotional Engineer, and the Triumph of Fun



The Magic of Stuff



A Sea of Lincolns



Abe Lincoln and the Secret of Success



Hot on the Trail



A Whole Lotta Lincoln



In Defense of the Icon


Postscript


Acknowledgments


Photo Credits