The Abraham Lincoln Encyclopedia (Da Capo Paperback)

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Among the many novel features of this volume: It carefully examines Lincolns views on a wide variety of subjectseconomics race the Constitution Indians patronage habeas corpus and dozens more. It offers biographical sketches of members of Lincolns family and describes how he felt about them including his "rebel" sister-in-law and an enterprising cousin who used Lincolns Presidential nomination to launch a flourishing souvenir business. It portrays and clearly captures scores of Lincolns associates assistants colleagues and enemiesfrom Charles Francis Adams and George Atzerodt to Fernando Wood and Richard Yates. It appraises all the major Lincoln biographers and their books and also covers others associated with the subject: collectors and collections portrait painters and photographers famous documents and sites.