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Lincoln before Washington : new perspectives on the Illinois years /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wilson, Douglas L. (Douglas Lawson), 1935-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [1997]
Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Political career before 1861.
Illinois > Politics and government > To 1865.
Legislators > Illinois > Biography.
Herndon, William Henry, > 1818-1891.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Friends and associates.
Table of 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.