Did Lincoln own slaves?
and other frequently asked questions about Abraham Lincoln
1st Vintage Civil War library ed.
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Author
Publication
2009 - Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
77,750 words, Guess
Page Count
311 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivedidlincolnownsla0000prok_r9u3
- ISBN-100307279294
- ISBN-139780307279293
- Goodreads6217893
- LibraryThing4224555
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- Library of Congress Control Number2009290294
- OCLC Control Number232980452
- Better World Books9780307279293
- Open LibraryOL23148287M
Classifications
- DDC973.7092
- DDCB
- LCCE457.909 .P76 2009
and 1 more
- LCCE457.909.P76 2009
Description
Over the course of nine years as scholar-in-residence at the Lincoln Museum, Gerald J. Prokopowicz answered thousands of questions about Abraham Lincoln. Reporters, researchers, students, and especially the 50,000 visitors who come to the museum every year all want to know about the nation's most famous president. Although there have been more books written about Lincoln than any other American, there has never been a single book that clearly answers the most important, most unusual, most provocative, and most frequently asked questions. Until now.Did Lincoln Own Slaves? And Other Frequently Asked Questions About Abraham Lincoln draws on the questions that people actually ask. Some are personal: Did Lincoln keep any pets? Some are inspired by recent reinterpretations of Lincoln's actions: Was Lincoln a racist? Some are questions that previous generations of historians considered inappropriate: Was Lincoln gay? Whether drawn from today's headlines (Did Lincoln's presidential actions violate the Constitution?) or from today's tabloids (Did doctors really raise Lincoln from the dead?), the questions in Did Lincoln Own Slaves? illuminate what people really want to know about the past.Prokopowicz has organized the questions along the time line of Lincoln's life to give us a portrait of the sixteenth president unlike any we have had before. His authoritative, often surprising responses illuminate facets of Lincoln's life, work, and legacy about which people remain endlessly curious.From the Hardcover edition.
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- Miscellanea
- Biography
Series Statement
- Vintage Civil War library
Other Editions
- Did Lincoln own slaves?: and other frequently asked questions about Abraham Lincoln
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