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Lincoln before Washington : new perspectives on the Illinois years / Douglas L. Wilson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilson, Douglas L. (Douglas Lawson), 1935-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Political career before 1861.
- Lincoln, Abraham.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
- Friends and associates.
- Illinois--Politics and government--To 1865.
- Illinois.
- Politics and government.
- Legislators--Illinois--Biography.
- Legislators.
- Herndon, William Henry, 1818-1891.
- Herndon, William Henry.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Friends and associates.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 190 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [1997]
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0252023315
- OCLC:
- 35667075
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