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Lincoln in Indiana
Brian R. Dirck
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Description for Lincoln in Indiana
Hardback. Lincoln in Indianaoffers a fascinating account of Lincoln s boyhood in Indiana, setting the relationships, values, and environment that fundamentally shaped Lincoln s character within the context of frontier and farm life in early nineteenth-century midwestern America." Num Pages: 144 pages, 4. BIC Classification: HBJ; HBJK; HBTB; HBWJ; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 13. .
Abraham Lincoln, born in Kentucky in 1809, moved with his parents, Thomas and Nancy Lincoln, and his older sister, Sarah, to the Pigeon Creek area of southern Indiana in 1816. There Lincoln spent more than a quarter of his life. It was in Indiana that he developed a complicated and often troubled relationship with his father, exhibited his now-famous penchant for self-education, and formed a restless ambition to rise above his origins. Although some questions about these years are unanswerable due to a scarcity of reliable sources, Brian R. Dirck’s fascinating account of Lincoln’s boyhood sets what is known about ... Read more
Abraham Lincoln, born in Kentucky in 1809, moved with his parents, Thomas and Nancy Lincoln, and his older sister, Sarah, to the Pigeon Creek area of southern Indiana in 1816. There Lincoln spent more than a quarter of his life. It was in Indiana that he developed a complicated and often troubled relationship with his father, exhibited his now-famous penchant for self-education, and formed a restless ambition to rise above his origins. Although some questions about these years are unanswerable due to a scarcity of reliable sources, Brian R. Dirck’s fascinating account of Lincoln’s boyhood sets what is known about ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Carbondale, United States
ISBN
9780809335657
SKU
V9780809335657
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99-15
About Brian R. Dirck
Brian R. Dirck is a professor of history at Anderson University in Indiana. He is the author of eight books, including Lincoln and the Constitution, another Concise Lincoln Library book, and Lincoln the Lawyer, which won the Barondess/Lincoln Award.
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