Lincoln before Washington : new perspectives on the Illinois years / Douglas L. Wilson.

Author: Wilson, Doug (Douglas L.)

Imprint:Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1997.

Descriptionxiv, 190 p. ; 24 cm.

Note: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.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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