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Lincoln before Washington : new perspectives on the Illinois years

Title
Lincoln before Washington : new perspectives on the Illinois years / Douglas L. Wilson.
Author
Wilson, Doug (Douglas L.)
Publication
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1997.

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Description
xiv, 190 p.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 > Political career before 1861
  • Herndon, William Henry, 1818-1891
  • Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 > Friends and associates
  • Legislators > Illinois > Biography
  • Illinois > Politics and government > To 1865
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The frigate and the frugal chariot : Jefferson and Lincoln as readers -- Herndon's legacy -- William H. Herndon and the "necessary truth" -- Abraham Lincoln versus Peter Cartwright -- Abraham Lincoln, Ann Rutledge, and the evidence of Herndon's informants -- Abraham Lincoln and "that fatal first of January" -- Abraham Lincoln and the spirit of mortal -- The Lincoln-Douglas debates : an unfinished text -- Lincoln's declaration.
Call Number
JFE 97-11096
ISBN
0252023315 (alk. paper)
LCCN
96045798
OCLC
35667075
Author
Wilson, Doug (Douglas L.)
Title
Lincoln before Washington : new perspectives on the Illinois years / Douglas L. Wilson.
Imprint
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1997.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 97-11096
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