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Jan MorrisPublication Details
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Brash and skeptical when she first came to the United States in the 1950, Jan Morris cast a decidedly dubious eye on the saintly image of Abraham Lincoln and the log-cabin-to-the-White House legend that surrounded him. In Lincoln: A Foreigner’s Quest, she looks at Lincoln with her singular perspective, and the result is a historical journey free of sentiment and nostalgia. With the iconclasm and humor and marvelous sense of place, Morris seamlessly blends travel narrative, history and biography into the origins of the American Empire to reveal the real Lincoln — maverick, artist, oddball, natural aristocrat. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Subject
- Lincoln, Abraham, — 1809-1865
- Lincoln, Abraham, — 1809-1865 — Public opinion
- Morris, Jan, — 1926- — Travel — Illinois
- Morris, Jan, — 1926- — Travel — Indiana
- Morris, Jan, — 1926- — Travel — Kentucky
- Presidents — United States — Biography
- Public opinion — United States — History — 19th century
- Public opinion — United States — History — 20th century
- Lincoln Heritage Trail — Description and travel
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- "With her iconoclasm and humor and marvelous sense of place, Morris seamlessly blends travel narrative, history and biography with transatlantic insights into the origins of the American Empire to reveal the real Lincoln - maverick, artist, oddball, natural aristocrat."–BOOK JACKET
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- 0684855151
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