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Abraham Lincoln of Kentucky : with Kentucky poets Laureate Jane Gentry, Joe Survant, Richard Taylor, Sena Jeter Naslund / edited & with a preface by Frederick Smock ; foreword by James Klotter ; wood engravings by John Lackey.
LIBRA - Vilain-Wieck Collection Larkspur Press 106
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gentry, Jane, author.
- Survant, Joe, 1942- author.
- Taylor, Richard, 1941- author.
- Naslund, Sena Jeter, author.
- Smock, Frederick, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Poetry.
- Lincoln, Abraham.
- American poetry--Kentucky.
- American poetry.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
- Kentucky.
- Genre:
- Poetry
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 31 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Frankfort, Ky. : Kentucky Arts Council ; Monterey, Ky. : Larkspur Press, [2008]
- Summary:
- Prose and poetry of Abraham Lincoln by Kentucky Poet Laureates.
- Contents:
- Abraham Lincoln of Kentucky
- Alexander Gardner's November 8, 1863, photograph of Lincoln
- At Petersen's boarding house April 14-15, 1865
- The doctrine of necessity
- Bosom friend
- Rivals
- A man without a church
- Lincoln and the arts
- The third eye
- Resilience
- Gettysburg Address
- Two spirits.
- Notes:
- "The publication of Abraham Lincoln of Kentucky is a project of the Kentucky Arts Council made possible through an American Masterpieces grant from the National Endowment for the Arts."--Title page verso.
- "This book was handset in Garamond type designed by Morris Benton for ATF after the work of Jean Jannon, a master printer in seventeenth century Paris. 500 copies were printed on Mohawk Superfine paper on a hand-fed C & P and handbound. The engravings were printed from the wood. Design, composition, printing and binding by Leslie Shane and Gray Zeitz at Larkspur Press." --colophon.
- Local Notes:
- Larkspur Press 106: Presented to the Penn Libraries by Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck in 2018. With dust jacket.
- ISBN:
- 9780981799636
- 0981799639
- 9780981799643
- 0981799647
- OCLC:
- 723502986
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