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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... downtown in April 1865. A brass nameplate next to the front door identifies it as the headquarters of the United States Historical Society, the company Kline started thirty years ago, after a career in public relations and real estate ...
... downtown in April 1865. A brass nameplate next to the front door identifies it as the headquarters of the United States Historical Society, the company Kline started thirty years ago, after a career in public relations and real estate ...
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... downtown in peace demonstrations they called “Women in Black.” Stuck in traffic jams, I'd watch through the windshield as the women in black hoisted signs reading “Jail Bush, Not Saddam” and “Disarm U.S., Not Iraq.” It seemed odd to ...
... downtown in peace demonstrations they called “Women in Black.” Stuck in traffic jams, I'd watch through the windshield as the women in black hoisted signs reading “Jail Bush, Not Saddam” and “Disarm U.S., Not Iraq.” It seemed odd to ...
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... downtown, though there's not much competition. Within days of the conflagration in April 1865, downtown was on the mend, and before too long terraced rows of shops and town houses were spreading across the hilltops above the James ...
... downtown, though there's not much competition. Within days of the conflagration in April 1865, downtown was on the mend, and before too long terraced rows of shops and town houses were spreading across the hilltops above the James ...
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... downtown Richmondishallowed ground, rich beyond price with associations from the sacred past. Sitting in the Marshall we were only two blocks from Robert E. Lee's town house, where Mrs. Lee had paced the floor in worry over her absent ...
... downtown Richmondishallowed ground, rich beyond price with associations from the sacred past. Sitting in the Marshall we were only two blocks from Robert E. Lee's town house, where Mrs. Lee had paced the floor in worry over her absent ...
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... Downtown was deserted. I walked several blocks past empty storefronts looking for someplace to eat. After a while I stumbled on an indoor food court, tucked next to the new convention center, recently opened on the outskirts of the old ...
... Downtown was deserted. I walked several blocks past empty storefronts looking for someplace to eat. After a while I stumbled on an indoor food court, tucked next to the new convention center, recently opened on the outskirts of the old ...
Contenido
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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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