Summers with Lincoln : Looking for the Man in the Monuments.

Across the country, in the middle of busy city squares and hidden on quiet streets, there are nearly 200 statues erected in memory of Abraham Lincoln. No other American has ever been so widely commemorated. A few years ago, anticipating the bicentennial of Lincoln?s birth in 2009, Jim Percoco, a his...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Holzer, Harold
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bronx : Fordham University Press, 2008.
Temas:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Monuments.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Influence.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Anecdotes.
Percoco, James A. > Travel > United States.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865
Percoco, James A.
Monuments > United States.
Historic sites > United States.
Sculptors > United States > History.
Monuments > États-Unis.
Sculpteurs > États-Unis > Histoire.
Historic sites
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Monuments
Sculptors
Travel
United States > Description and travel.
United States > History, Local.
États-Unis > Descriptions et voyages.
United States
Anecdotes
History
Local history
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Across the country, in the middle of busy city squares and hidden on quiet streets, there are nearly 200 statues erected in memory of Abraham Lincoln. No other American has ever been so widely commemorated. A few years ago, anticipating the bicentennial of Lincoln?s birth in 2009, Jim Percoco, a history teacher with a passion for both Lincoln and public sculpture, set off to see what he might learn about some of these monuments?what they meant when they were unveiled, and what they mean to us today. The result is this captivating book, a fascinating chronicle of four summers on the road looking.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (411 pages)
ISBN:9780823228973
0823228975

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