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Loving Lincoln : a personal history of the women who shaped Lincoln's life and legacy / Stacy Lynn.

Van Pelt Library E457.2 .L96 2025
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Lynn, Stacy, 1966- Author.
Series:
Illinois lives
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Relations with women.
Lincoln, Abraham.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Psychology.
Lincoln, Nancy Hanks, 1784-1818.
Lincoln, Nancy Hanks.
Rutledge, Ann, -1835.
Rutledge, Ann.
Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882--Marriage.
Lincoln, Mary Todd.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Friends and associates.
Presidents--United States--Biography.
Presidents.
Genre:
Biographies.
Physical Description:
xxv, 278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Other Title:
Personal history of the women who shaped Lincoln's life & legacy
Place of Publication:
Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2025]
Summary:
"This biography of Abraham Lincoln, told through the stories of the women in his life and work, is also the story of the author's professional and personal relationship with Lincoln as a scholar and editor of his papers and as a woman who has drawn inspiration and solace from his life and his legacy"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Part 1. Mothers, Sisters, and the Bosom of Family
Part 2. Friends and Lovers
Part 3. Mrs. Lincoln
Part 4. Women, the Law, and Lawyer Lincoln
Part 5. Women and President Lincoln
Part 6. Women and Lincoln's Legacy.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-268) and index.
Other Format:
Online version Lynn, Stacy, 1966- Loving Lincoln
ISBN:
9780809339679
0809339676
9780809339662
0809339668
OCLC:
1439567467

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