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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... kind of refresher course in 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 ...
... kind of refresher course in 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 ...
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... my interview with Mr. Kline, serves as a kind of showroom for the society's handiwork. Collectibles hung from walls and stood in ranks on every available flat surface. The overflow was gathered in piles on the floor. 8 andrew ferguson.
... my interview with Mr. Kline, serves as a kind of showroom for the society's handiwork. Collectibles hung from walls and stood in ranks on every available flat surface. The overflow was gathered in piles on the floor. 8 andrew ferguson.
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... kind of tourist destination down there, a river walk, and Lee's was just one portrait in a gallery—a perfectly politically correct gallery of women, blacks, liberals, everyone else. You could have Frederick Douglass. Fine. They had ...
... kind of tourist destination down there, a river walk, and Lee's was just one portrait in a gallery—a perfectly politically correct gallery of women, blacks, liberals, everyone else. You could have Frederick Douglass. Fine. They had ...
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... kind of Confederate flag flying, wouldn't you? You see a Confederate flag?” I scanned the marble face of the building and its complicated foliage. I didn't see a flag. “Look close. It's there.” I gave up. “Drive around here,” he said ...
... kind of Confederate flag flying, wouldn't you? You see a Confederate flag?” I scanned the marble face of the building and its complicated foliage. I didn't see a flag. “Look close. It's there.” I gave up. “Drive around here,” he said ...
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... kind of commentary. It tells us what the sculptor, and his audience, thought about the man they were honoring. At first look On the Circuit suggests Lincoln's gentleness: the horse dawdles but the master is too kind to prod him. The ...
... kind of commentary. It tells us what the sculptor, and his audience, thought about the man they were honoring. At first look On the Circuit suggests Lincoln's gentleness: the horse dawdles but the master is too kind to prod him. The ...
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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