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200 10$aLincoln legends$b[electronic resource] $emyths, hoaxes, and confabulations associated with our greatest president /$fEdward Steers Jr. ; with an introduction by Harold Holzer
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210   $aLexington $cUniversity Press of Kentucky$dc2007
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300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aFront 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; Index
330   $aThe 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 sp
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