Land of Lincoln: Adventures in Abe's AmericaOpen Road + Grove/Atlantic, 2008 M04 15 - 304 páginas “Brilliant . . . Ferguson’s guided tour of the often amusing, sometimes bizarre ways we remember Lincoln today . . . is heartening and even inspiring.” —Bill Kristol, Time Abraham Lincoln was our greatest president and perhaps the most influential American who ever lived. But what is his place in our country today? In Land of Lincoln, Andrew Ferguson packs his bags and embarks on a journey to the heart of contemporary Lincoln Nation, where he encounters a world as funny as it is poignant, and a population as devoted as it is colorful. In small-town Indiana, Ferguson drops in on the national conference of Lincoln presenters, 175 grown men who make their living (sort of) by impersonating their hero. He meets the premier collectors of Lincoln memorabilia, prized items of which include Lincoln’s chamber pot, locks of his hair, and pages from a boyhood schoolbook. He takes his wife and children on a trip across the long-defunct Lincoln Heritage Trail, a driving tour of landmarks from Lincoln’s life. This book is an entertaining, unexpected, and big-hearted celebration of Lincoln’s enduring influence on our country—and the people who help keep his spirit alive. “A hilarious, offbeat tour of Lincoln shrines, statues, cabins and museums . . . Mr. Ferguson maps it expertly, with an understated Midwestern sense of humor that Lincoln, master of the funny story, would have been the first to appreciate.” —William Grimes, The New York Times |
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... Lincoln Studies, which I happily pass on in chapter 2. Then I started moving again, and I didn't really stop till I reached the steps of the Lincoln Memorial—and this is where, conveniently enough, I wind up in chapter 10. The curiosity ...
... Lincoln Studies, which I happily pass on in chapter 2. Then I started moving again, and I didn't really stop till I reached the steps of the Lincoln Memorial—and this is where, conveniently enough, I wind up in chapter 10. The curiosity ...
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... memorial to Lincoln's visit. And indeed they were very enthusiastic. And now here we are. Sometimes I can't believe it's really about to happen—if we can just get through the next few weeks.” When I brought up the controversy—the ...
... memorial to Lincoln's visit. And indeed they were very enthusiastic. And now here we are. Sometimes I can't believe it's really about to happen—if we can just get through the next few weeks.” When I brought up the controversy—the ...
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... statue of the tennis star Arthur Ashe, a Richmond native, on Monument Avenue, the miles-long boulevard dotted with memorial statues of Confederate heroes. Monument Avenue is Via Dolorosa for Southern nostalgists. “It was the ...
... statue of the tennis star Arthur Ashe, a Richmond native, on Monument Avenue, the miles-long boulevard dotted with memorial statues of Confederate heroes. Monument Avenue is Via Dolorosa for Southern nostalgists. “It was the ...
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... Lincoln statue the next day. Leak said he wouldn'tbeat the counterdemonstration, butplanned to beat Tredegar to protest the unveiling as it happened. “Got a bunch of signs being printed up at Kinko's even as we're standing here talking ...
... Lincoln statue the next day. Leak said he wouldn'tbeat the counterdemonstration, butplanned to beat Tredegar to protest the unveiling as it happened. “Got a bunch of signs being printed up at Kinko's even as we're standing here talking ...
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... Lincoln experts more perfectly opposite to the group assembled by Brag ... Lincoln who emerged from their discussion was across between Adlai Stevenson and ... Memorial. “We're in a new era,” White said. “The new statue gives us a mild ...
... Lincoln experts more perfectly opposite to the group assembled by Brag ... Lincoln who emerged from their discussion was across between Adlai Stevenson and ... Memorial. “We're in a new era,” White said. “The new statue gives us a mild ...
Contenido
1 | |
38 | |
Chapter 3 | 67 |
The Kingmakers Wife the Emotional Engineer | 90 |
The Magic of Stuff | 117 |
A Sea of Lincolns | 152 |
Abe Lincoln and the Secret of Success | 167 |
Hot on the Trail | 199 |
A Whole Lotta Lincoln | 231 |
In Defense of the Icon | 259 |
Postscript | 269 |
Acknowledgments | 275 |
Photo Credits | 281 |
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