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Lincoln's Campaign Biographies (Concise Lincoln Library)
Thomas A. Horrocks
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Description for Lincoln's Campaign Biographies (Concise Lincoln Library)
Hardcover. Series: Concise Lincoln Library. Num Pages: 152 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL; JPVL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 313.
During the 1860 and 1864 presidential campaigns, Abraham Lincoln was the subject of over twenty campaign biographies. In this innovative study, Thomas A. Horrocks examines the role that these publications played in shaping an image of Lincoln that would resonate with voters and explores the vision of Lincoln that the biographies crafted, the changes in this vision over the course of four years, and the impact of these works on the outcome of the elections.
Horrocks investigates Lincoln’s campaign biographies within the context of the critical relationship between print and politics in nineteenth-century America and compares the works about ... Read more
During the 1860 and 1864 presidential campaigns, Abraham Lincoln was the subject of over twenty campaign biographies. In this innovative study, Thomas A. Horrocks examines the role that these publications played in shaping an image of Lincoln that would resonate with voters and explores the vision of Lincoln that the biographies crafted, the changes in this vision over the course of four years, and the impact of these works on the outcome of the elections.
Horrocks investigates Lincoln’s campaign biographies within the context of the critical relationship between print and politics in nineteenth-century America and compares the works about ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Condition
New
Series
Concise Lincoln Library
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
Carbondale, United States
ISBN
9780809333318
SKU
V9780809333318
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Ref
99-15
About Thomas A. Horrocks
Thomas A. Horrocks is the director of Special Collections and the John Hay Library at Brown University. He is the author, editor, or co-editor of six books, including The Living Lincoln and President James Buchanan and the Crisis of National Leadership.
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