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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462165703321

Autore

Williams Frank J

Titolo

Lincoln as hero [[electronic resource] /] / Frank J. Williams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carbondale, IL, : Southern Illinois University Press, 2012

ISBN

1-283-60941-X

9786613921864

0-8093-3218-3

Descrizione fisica

xiv, 120 p. : ill

Collana

Concise Lincoln library

Disciplina

973.7092

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Soggetti

Presidents - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The prairie boy from middle-of-nowhere, USA -- Lincoln as a lawyer -- Lincoln's introduction to politics -- Finding a hero in a military neophyte -- Courage to undertake these extraconstitutional measures -- The Emancipation Proclamation -- The assassination and apotheosis of a hero -- A great American hero.