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Book

Michigan remembers Lincoln

Call Number

  • H 921 L736M (CEN)

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Edition

[Hardcover ed.]

Publication Information

Midland, Mich. : Michigan History Magazine, c2009.

Physical Description

179 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map, ports. ; 23 cm.

Summary

"In recognition of the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth, Michigan History magazine has sponsored this anthology of Lincoln stories with a Michigan twist"--p. [4] of cover.

Contents

  • Is the Lincoln birthplace cabin authentic / Abraham Lincoln and the Detroit River / Abraham Lincoln and the courthouse at Postville, Logan County, Illinois / Lincoln visits Kalamazoo / Why Lincoln wore a beard / When Lincoln was given a trout / Detroit's role in the re-election of Abraham Lincoln / Lincoln's yacht that was not / A Pulitzer Prize is created in Michigan / Biography of a chair / Our Lincoln is dead / When Lincoln's funeral march made Detroit musical history / The four who were hanged / The mystery of a reported visit / Lincoln and Michigan / Michigan towns named after Abraham Lincoln
  • The man behind the objects / Michigan's monumental tributes to Abraham Lincoln / A monument that "The man with a dinner pail will understand" / In "The Grey Metropolis" of Scotland / The pleasant story of Cashwan's Lincoln / The will of Katherine Burke has been probated / Tops with Lincoln / Co-conspirator or innocent victim: the question of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd

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