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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.
Temas:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865.
Presidents > Election.
Campaign biography.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Elections.
HISTORY > United States > 19th century.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Presidents & Heads of State.
Biographies dans les campagnes electorales > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Presidents > United States > Election > 1864.
Presidents > United States > Election > 1860.
Campaign biography > United States > History > 19th century.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Flaps; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Introduction; 1. Texts, Contexts, and Contests: Politics and Print in the Age of Lincoln; 2. Constructing the Ideal Candidate: Campaign Biographies and Image Making; 3. Promoting Honest Abe, the Rail Splitter: Lincoln's 1860 Campaign Biographies; 4. The 1864 Campaign: The Rail Splitter as Father Abraham; Conclusion: Biographies and Ballots; Acknowledgments; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; Author Biography; Series Statement; Other Books in the Concise Lincoln Library; Back Cover.

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