An edition of Lincoln legends (2007)

Lincoln legends

myths, hoaxes, and confabulations associated with our greatest president

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An edition of Lincoln legends (2007)

Lincoln legends

myths, hoaxes, and confabulations associated with our greatest president

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The folklore surrounding history's towering figures often overshadows actual scholarship, both in terms of quantity and in terms of prevalence in the public consciousness. As one might expect with a revered national icon, nearly every facet of Abraham Lincoln's life has been subject to mythmaking as well as academic inquiry of widely varying quality and accuracy. 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. Did Abraham Lincoln write his greatest speech on the back of an envelope on the way to Gettysburg? Did he appear before a congressional committee to defend his wife against charges of treason? Was Lincoln an illegitimate child? Was he gay? Edward Steers weighs the evidence in these and other heated debates about the Great Emancipator. Steers's conclusions will satisfy some and disappoint others, and he just might settle some of these enduring questions once and for all. - Publisher.

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English
Pages
264

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Lincoln legends: myths, hoaxes, and confabulations associated with our greatest president
2008, University Press of Kentucky
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Lincoln legends: myths, hoaxes, and confabulations associated with our greatest president
2007, University Press of Kentucky
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Table of Contents

Introduction
The birthplace cabin
Lincoln's father
Abe and Ann
Ann Rutledge's resting place
Was Lincoln baptized?
The mole in the White House
You can fool all of the people some of the time
The world will little note
The "lost" draft of the Gettysburg Address
The gay Lincoln myth
Noble American or deceptive doctor?
The missing pages from Booth's diary
Peanut John
The man who never was

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Lexington
Genre
Legends., Folklore.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
973.7092
Library of Congress
E457.2 .S795 2007, E457.2.S795 2007

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
xvii, 264 p.
Number of pages
264
Dimensions
24 x x centimeters

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL17944100M
Internet Archive
lincolnlegendsmy00jred_322
ISBN 10
0813124662
ISBN 13
9780813124667
LCCN
2007019871
OCLC/WorldCat
137222759
Library Thing
3915028
Goodreads
1648764

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