The Mythic Mr. Lincoln

The Mythic Mr. Lincoln
Author: Jeff O’Bryant
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 231
Release: 2021-09-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 1476686025

Honest Abe. The rail-splitter. The Great Emancipator. Old Abe. These are familiar monikers of Abraham Lincoln. They describe a man who has influenced the lives of everyday people as well as notables like Leo Tolstoy, Marilyn Monroe, and Winston Churchill. But there is also a multitude of fictional Lincolns almost as familiar as the original: time traveler, android, monster hunter. This book explores Lincoln's evolution from martyred president to cultural icon and the struggle between the Lincoln of history and his fictional progeny. He has been Simpsonized by Matt Groening, charmed by Shirley Temple, and emulated by the Lone Ranger. Devotees have attempted to clone him or to raise him from the dead. Lincoln's image and memory have been invoked to fight communism, mock a sitting president, and sell products. Lincoln has even been portrayed as the greatest example of goodness humanity has to offer. In short, Lincoln is the essential American myth.

Mr. Lincoln

Mr. Lincoln
Author: Herbert Mitgang
Publisher: Dramatic Publishing
Total Pages: 68
Release: 1982
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780871297037

Meet Mr. Lincoln

Meet Mr. Lincoln
Author: Richard Hanser
Publisher: New York : Golden Press
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1960
Genre:
ISBN:

Documentary pictures and words from winning television program.

The Assassination of Lincoln

The Assassination of Lincoln
Author: Lloyd Lewis
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 396
Release: 1994-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780803279490

The Civil War officially ended at Appomattox soon after President Lincoln?s second inauguration. During his first term he had been widely viewed by special-interest groups as a good-natured, indecisive bungler, and worse. In the South he was still despised, and many in the North, especially the radicals in the Republican party, distrusted and derided his leniency toward the vanquished. On the evening of April 14, 1865, an assassin?s bullet irrevocably altered the way Abraham Lincoln would be viewed by Americans. In life a cunning politician, Lincoln became in death a selfless martyr. Lloyd Lewis explicates the mythology that evolved out of Lincoln?s death, the outpouring of national grief, the pursuit of John Wilkes booth and the conspirators, booth?s fate, and the frequent moving and reburial of Lincoln?s coffin.

The Lincoln Myth

The Lincoln Myth
Author: Steve Berry
Publisher:
Total Pages: 449
Release: 2014
Genre: Antiquarian booksellers
ISBN: 0345526570

American President Cotton Malone tackles the secrets of Mormonism, a U.S. Senator's stealthy secession plan, and a history-shaping letter that was handed down through the chief executive line.

Abraham Lincoln, Public Speaker

Abraham Lincoln, Public Speaker
Author: Waldo W. Braden
Publisher: LSU Press
Total Pages: 132
Release: 1993-07-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0807155373

In Abraham Lincoln, Public Speaker, Waldo W. Braden presents a thought-provoking study of the sixteenth president’s rhetorical style. In his discussion of Lincoln’s speaking practices from 1854 through 1865, Braden draws extensively on Lincoln’s papers and the reports of those who knew him and heard him speak. He portrays Lincoln in his various shows how Lincoln adapted to the public’s growing recognition of his political abilities. In separate chapters devoted to Lincoln’s three most famous speeches—the First Inaugural Address, the Gettysburg Address, and the Second Inaugural Address—Braden Analyzes the ways in which each demonstrated Lincoln’s persuasive abilities during the difficult years of the Civil War. Braden does not claim that Lincoln was an orator in the grand, classical style of Daniel Webster, Edward Everett, and Charles Summer. But he shows that Lincoln was a gifted speaker in his own right, able to win support by demonstrating that he was a man of common sense and good moral character.

Mr. Lincoln

Mr. Lincoln
Author: James Garfield Randall
Publisher:
Total Pages: 450
Release: 1957
Genre: Presidents
ISBN:

Incorporates those parts of "Lincoln, the President" which deal primarily with Lincoln the man and with his personal relationships. Selections chosen by Richard N. Current.

The Abraham Lincoln Myth

The Abraham Lincoln Myth
Author: Bocardo Bramantip
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2019-03-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780530592039

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