Book
1 Copy for in-library use
- CENTRAL: Local History
Michigan remembers Lincoln
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