03080nam 2200661Ia 450 991077814090332120230912123512.00-8131-3697-01-282-93734-097866129373470-8131-7275-6(CKB)1000000000477043(EBL)792239(OCoLC)173611169(SSID)ssj0000192563(PQKBManifestationID)11172121(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000192563(PQKBWorkID)10196649(PQKB)10356023(OCoLC)608345506(MdBmJHUP)muse2901(Au-PeEL)EBL792239(CaPaEBR)ebr10438036(CaONFJC)MIL293734(Au-PeEL)EBL30359247(MiAaPQ)EBC792239(MiAaPQ)EBC30359247(EXLCZ)99100000000047704320070511d2007 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLincoln legends[electronic resource] myths, hoaxes, and confabulations associated with our greatest president /Edward Steers Jr. ; with an introduction by Harold Holzer1st ed.Lexington University Press of Kentuckyc20071 online resource (283 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8131-2466-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front cover; Copyright page; Dedications; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Birthplace Cabin; 2 Lincoln's Father; 3 Abe and Ann; 4 Ann Rutledge's Resting Place; 5 Was Lincoln Baptized?; 6 The Mole in the White House; 7 You Can Fool All of the People Some of the Time . . .; 8 The World Will Little Note . . .; 9 THe ""Lost"" Draft of the Gettysburg Address; 10 The Gay Lincoln Myth; 11 Noble American or Deceptive Doctor?; 12 The Missing Pages from Booth's Diary; 13 Peanut John; 14 The Man Who Never Was; Notes; IndexThe folklore surrounding history's towering figures often overshadows actual scholarship, both in terms of quantity and in terms of prevalence in the public consciousness. As one might expect with a revered national icon, nearly every facet of Abraham Lincoln's life has been subject to mythmaking as well as academic inquiry of widely varying quality and accuracy. In Lincoln Legends, noted historian and Lincoln expert Edward Steers Jr. carefully scrutinizes some of the most notorious tall tales and distorted ideas about America's sixteenth President. Did Abraham Lincoln write his greatest spPresidentsUnited StatesFolkloreLegendsUnited StatesFolkloreUnited StatesPresidentsLegendsFolklore973.7092Steers Edward877159MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778140903321Lincoln legends3738601UNINA