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Did Lincoln Own Slaves?: And Other Frequently Asked Questions About Abraham Lincoln
by Gerald J. Prokopowicz
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0375425411
- ISBN 13
- 9780375425417
- Seller
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Excelsior, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Pantheon, 2008-01-22. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8x6x2. 1st edition/1st printing, stated. Clean, solid copy with unmarked text. Binding is firm and square. Cover corners are square. Jacket has minimal wear; no tears. Books that sell for $9 or more ship in a box; under $9 in a bubble mailer. Expedited and international orders may ship in a flat rate envelope rather than a box due to cost constraints. All US-addressed items ship with complimentary delivery confirmation.
Synopsis
Over the course of nine years as scholar-in-residence at the Lincoln Museum, Gerald J. Prokopowicz answered thousands of questions about Abraham Lincoln. Reporters, researchers, students, and especially the 50,000 visitors who come to the museum every year all want to know about the nation's most famous president. Although there have been more books written about Lincoln than any other American, there has never been a single book that clearly answers the most important, most unusual, most provocative, and most frequently asked questions. Until now.Did Lincoln Own Slaves? And Other Frequently Asked Questions About Abraham Lincoln draws on the questions that people actually ask. Some are personal: Did Lincoln keep any pets? Some are inspired by recent reinterpretations of Lincoln's actions: Was Lincoln a racist? Some are questions that previous generations of historians considered inappropriate: Was Lincoln gay? Whether drawn from today's headlines (Did Lincoln's presidential actions violate the Constitution?) or from today's tabloids (Did doctors really raise Lincoln from the dead?), the questions in Did Lincoln Own Slaves? illuminate what people really want to know about the past.Prokopowicz has organized the questions along the time line of Lincoln's life to give us a portrait of the sixteenth president unlike any we have had before. His authoritative, often surprising responses illuminate facets of Lincoln's life, work, and legacy about which people remain endlessly curious.From the Hardcover edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lake Country Books and More
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- EB42203110008
- Title
- Did Lincoln Own Slaves?: And Other Frequently Asked Questions About Abraham Lincoln
- Author
- Gerald J. Prokopowicz
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0375425411
- ISBN 13
- 9780375425417
- Publisher
- Pantheon
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2008-01-22
- Size
- 8x6x2
- LCCN
- 2007020889
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military and War:Civil War;
- X weight
- 22 oz
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About the Seller
Lake Country Books and More
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Excelsior, Minnesota
About Lake Country Books and More
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