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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808174303321

Autore

Smith George Washington <1855-1945, >

Titolo

When Lincoln Came to Egypt [[electronic resource] /] / George W. Smith ; with a foreword by Daniel W. Stowell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carbondale : , : Southern Illinois University Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

0-8093-3553-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (196 p.)

Collana

Shawnee Classics

Classificazione

HIS036090HIS036040

Disciplina

973.7092

Soggetti

HISTORY / United States / 19th Century

HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)

Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858

Political candidates - Illinois

Politicians - Illinois

Electronic books.

Jonesboro (Ill.) Politics and government 19th century

Illinois Politics and government To 1865

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: Herrin, Illinois : Trovillion Private Press, 1940.

Nota di contenuto

INTRODUCTION / Paul M. Angle -- AUTHOR'S PREFACE / George W. Smith -- THOSE WHO HAVE HELPED -- WHEN LINCOLN CAME TO EGYPT / George W. Smith -- WHENCE CAME THE EGYPTIANS -- LINCOLN IN PUBLIC LIFE -- THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA BILL -- RISE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY -- KANSAS--SLAVE OR FREE -- DOUGLAS TRIUMPHANT -- TWO GREAT LEADERS -- THIS SECTION CALLED EGYPT -- LINCOLN'S FRIENDS IN EGYPT -- LINCOLN IN EGYPT -- SOME TRADITIONS -- THE BATTLE BEGINS -- DOUGLAS EN ROUTE -- LINCOLN EN ROUTE -- AT THE DEBATE -- THE DEBATE -- LINCOLN REPLIES -- DOUGLAS CLOSES -- THE DEPARTURE -- A SHORT SAD CAREER -- A TRAGIC ENDING -- INDEX OF PERSONS AND PLACES.

Sommario/riassunto

"In When Lincoln Came to Egypt, George W. Smith discusses Lincoln's various trips to southern Illinois, focusing mainly on Lincoln's most prominent visit, when he came to debate Stephen A. Douglas in



Jonesboro in 1858"--