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Lincoln's Campaign Biographies /

During the 1860 and 1864 presidential campaigns, Abraham Lincoln was the subject of over twenty campaign biographies. In this innovative study, Thomas A. Horrocks examines the role that these publications played in shaping an image of Lincoln that would resonate with voters and explores the vision o...

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Autor principal: Horrocks, Thomas A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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