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Author | : Edward SteersJr. |
Publisher | : University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages | : 283 |
Release | : 2007-10-12 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0813172756 |
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In the more than 140 years since his death, Abraham Lincoln has become America's most revered president. The mythmaking about this self-made man began early, some of it starting during his campaign for the presidency in 1860. As an American icon, Lincoln has been the subject of speculation and inquiry as authors and researchers have examined every aspect—personal and professional—of the president's life. In Lincoln Legends, noted historian and Lincoln expert Edward Steers Jr. carefully scrutinizes some of the most notorious tall tales and distorted ideas about America's sixteenth president. These inaccuracies and speculations about Lincoln's personal and professional life abound. Did he write his greatest speech on the back of an envelope on the way to Gettysburg? Did Lincoln appear before a congressional committee to defend his wife against charges of treason? Was he an illegitimate child? Did Lincoln have romantic encounters with women other than his wife? Did he have love affairs with men? What really happened in the weeks leading up to April 14, 1865, and in the aftermath of Lincoln's tragic assassination? Lincoln Legends evaluates the evidence on all sides of the many heated debates about the Great Emancipator. Not only does Steers weigh the merits of all relevant arguments and interpretations, but he also traces the often fascinating evolution of flawed theories about Lincoln and uncovers the motivations of the individuals—occasionally sincere but more often cynical, self-serving, and nefarious—who are responsible for their dispersal. Based on extensive primary research, the conclusions in Lincoln Legends will settle many of the enduring questions and persistent myths about Lincoln's life once and for all. Steers leaves us with a clearer image of Abraham Lincoln as a man, as an exceptionally effective president, and as a deserving recipient of the nation's admiration.
Author | : Edward Steers |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Folklore |
ISBN | : 9781606710074 |
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Author | : Ferenc Morton Szasz |
Publisher | : SIU Press |
Total Pages | : 269 |
Release | : 2008-09-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0809386933 |
Download Abraham Lincoln and Robert Burns Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Today the images of Robert Burns and Abraham Lincoln are recognized worldwide, yet few are aware of the connection between the two. In Abraham Lincoln and Robert Burns: Connected Lives and Legends, author Ferenc Morton Szasz reveals how famed Scots poet Robert Burns—and Scotland in general—influenced the life and thought of one of the most beloved and important U.S. presidents and how the legends of the two men became intertwined after their deaths. This is the first extensive work to link the influence, philosophy, and artistry of these two larger-than-life figures. Lacking a major national poet of their own in the early nineteenth century, Americans in the fledgling frontier country ardently adopted the poignant verses and songs of Scotland’s Robert Burns. Lincoln, too, was fascinated by Scotland’s favorite son and enthusiastically quoted the Scottish bard from his teenage years to the end of his life. Szasz explores the ways in which Burns’s portrayal of the foibles of human nature, his scorn for religious hypocrisy, his plea for nonjudgmental tolerance, and his commitment to social equality helped shape Lincoln’s own philosophy of life. The volume also traces how Burns’s lyrics helped Lincoln develop his own powerful sense of oratorical rhythm, from his casual anecdotal stories to his major state addresses. Abraham Lincoln and Robert Burns connects the poor-farm-boy upbringings, the quasi-deistic religious views, the shared senses of destiny, the extraordinary gifts for words, and the quests for social equality of two respected and beloved world figures. This book is enhanced by twelve illustrations and two appendixes, which include Burns poems Lincoln particularly admired and Lincoln writings especially admired in Scotland.
Author | : Edward Steers |
Publisher | : University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 2005-10-21 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780813191515 |
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Blood on the Moon examines the evidence, myths, and lies surrounding the political assassination that dramatically altered the course of American history. Was John Wilkes Booth a crazed loner acting out of revenge, or was he the key player in a wide conspiracy aimed at removing the one man who had crushed the Confederacy's dream of independence? Edward Steers Jr. crafts an intimate, engaging narrative of the events leading to Lincoln's death and the political, judicial, and cultural aftermaths of his assassination.
Author | : Garret Moffett |
Publisher | : AuthorHouse |
Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 2009-08-24 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1467053937 |
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Author | : Robert J. Hutchinson |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2020-04-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1621578879 |
Download What Really Happened: The Lincoln Assassination Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Think You Know Everything about the Lincoln Assassination? Think Again. After 150 years, many unsolved mysteries and enduring urban legends still surround the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by the popular stage actor John Wilkes Booth. In a new look at the case, award-winning history author Robert J. Hutchinson (The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Bible) explores what we know, and don’t know, about what really happened at Ford’s Theatre on the night of April 14, 1865. In addition, he argues that the deep-seated political hatreds that roiled Washington, D.C., in the final weeks of the Civil War are particularly relevant to our own polarized age. Among the tantalizing questions Hutchinson explores are: * Did the Confederacy have a hand in the assassination plot? * Who were Booth’s secret accomplices, and why did he change the plan from kidnapping to assassination? * Why was it so easy for Booth to walk into the president’s box to shoot him? Where were the guards? * How did Booth evade the largest manhunt in U.S. history for nearly two weeks despite being unable to walk? * Who gave the order to shoot Booth in the Garrett barn—and what happened to his body? Drawing upon both primary sources and the best recent historical research, What Really Happened: The Lincoln Assassination separates established facts from mere conjectures—and is the one book to own if you want to know “what really happened.”
Author | : Harold Holzer |
Publisher | : Algonquin Books |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2009-02-10 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781565126817 |
Download Lincoln as I Knew Him Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Letters, diary entries, books, and speeches by those who knew him suggest Lincoln was a terrible dresser, loved bawdy jokes and stories, and was a push-over around children.
Author | : Lloyd Lewis |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 415 |
Release | : 1945 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Download Myths After Lincoln Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Bruce Lincoln |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2014-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 022614092X |
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Medieval accounts of how Norway was unified by its first king provide a lively, revealing, and wonderfully entertaining example of this process. Taking the story of how Harald Fairhair unified Norway in the ninth century as its central example, Bruce Lincoln illuminates the way a state's foundation story blurs the distinction between history and myth and how variant tellings of origin stories provide opportunities for dissidence and subversion as subtle - or not so subtle - modifications are introduced through details of character, incident, and plot structure.
Author | : Norman McFadden |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 162 |
Release | : 2021-03-02 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781733808644 |
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Celebrated Author and story teller Norman McFadden releases 28 new tales in "Urban Legends of Lincoln County Missouri." Do werewolves truly roam the Sugar Creek valley? Who summoned up the Hobgoblin in Old Monroe? Where did "Frenchman's Bluff" get it's name? Tales of mischief, murder and mystery are the make up of the area's antiquity. In "Urban Legends of Lincoln County Missouri", Author Norman McFadden reveals that tales can be treacherous, and history can be haunting.