The Lincoln Trail in Pennsylvania : A History and Guide /

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"The Lincoln Trail in Pennsylvania transports the reader back in time to key moments in Lincoln's public life. In 1846, at the age of thirty-seven, Lincoln was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Using mileage that Lincoln claimed for his trip, available routes, duration of the j...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Hoch, Bradley R., 1948-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, 2001.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Travel > Pennsylvania.
Travel.
Presidents.
Historic sites.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Lieux historiques > Pennsylvanie.
Presidents > United States > Biography.
Historic sites > Pennsylvania.
United States.
Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvanie > Histoire locale.
Pennsylvanie > Histoire > 19e siecle > Anecdotes.
Pennsylvania > History, Local.
Pennsylvania > History > 19th century > Anecdotes.
Anecdotes.
Local history.
Biographies.
History.
Biography.
Anecdotes
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Lincoln in Pennsylvania
  • Foreword / Gabor S. Boritt
  • "An Omen of What Is to Come": Washington's Birthday 1861
  • "Mystic Chords of Memory": Lincoln Ancestors
  • "Struck Blind": Lincoln in Congress
  • "Dare to Do Our Duty": Lincoln and the Pennsylvania Politicians
  • "To See and Be Seen": The Inaugural Train
  • "Looked at Through a Fog": Lincoln and the Railroads
  • "Unfinished Work": The Gettysburg Address
  • "Comfort and Relief": The Great Central Sanitary Fair
  • "The Heavens Are Hung in Black": The Funeral Train
  • Postscript: The Literal Trail
  • Sites to Visit
  • Springfield to Washington, D.C., 1847
  • Lincoln and Pennsylvania's Railroads.

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