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Author Steers, Edward, Jr., 1937-

Title Lincoln legends : myths, hoaxes, and confabulations associated with our greatest president / Edward Steers Jr. ; with an introduction by Harold Holzer
Published Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 264 pages) : illustrations
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Contents 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
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-254) and index
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Subject Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Legends
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Lincoln, Abraham.
Presidents -- United States -- Folklore
Legends -- United States.
Folklore -- United States.
Folklore
HISTORY.
HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Folklore
Legends
Presidents
United States
Genre/Form legends (literary genre)
Folklore
Legends
Legends.
Folklore.
Legends.
Légendes.
Legends
Folklore
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2007019871
ISBN 9780813172750
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