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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... walked where he'd walked, I became a Lincoln buff, junior division, privileged to indulge (I thought) in aspecial intimacy with greatness. I cleared my schedule—not so hard to do when you're ten—whenever Abe Lincoln in Illinois or Young ...
... walked where he'd walked, I became a Lincoln buff, junior division, privileged to indulge (I thought) in aspecial intimacy with greatness. I cleared my schedule—not so hard to do when you're ten—whenever Abe Lincoln in Illinois or Young ...
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... walked around Richmond, Virginia, one day in April 1865, and if you try to retrace their steps today you won't see much that they saw, which shouldn't be a surprise, of course. The street grid is the same, though, and if you're in the ...
... walked around Richmond, Virginia, one day in April 1865, and if you try to retrace their steps today you won't see much that they saw, which shouldn't be a surprise, of course. The street grid is the same, though, and if you're in the ...
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... walked me outside. The pickup in the driveway had an old NRA sticker peeling from its bumper: CHARLTON HESTON IS MY PRESIDENT. “This thing is not over yet,” he said. “There are alot of people upset over this, and they may still have a ...
... walked me outside. The pickup in the driveway had an old NRA sticker peeling from its bumper: CHARLTON HESTON IS MY PRESIDENT. “This thing is not over yet,” he said. “There are alot of people upset over this, and they may still have a ...
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... walked with him in aphalanx, alert to sniper fire or violence from the crowd. There was neither. Only women and children and the elderly were left among the city's white residents, and they stayed shuttered in their houses, watching ...
... walked with him in aphalanx, alert to sniper fire or violence from the crowd. There was neither. Only women and children and the elderly were left among the city's white residents, and they stayed shuttered in their houses, watching ...
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... walked through the Marshalllike a celebrity. In the ballroom and in the hallways, during breaks and over lunch, admirers formed queues to grab a word with him. But there was more at work than simple admiration. “One of the purposes of a ...
... walked through the Marshalllike a celebrity. In the ballroom and in the hallways, during breaks and over lunch, admirers formed queues to grab a word with him. But there was more at work than simple admiration. “One of the purposes of a ...
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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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