Download or read book Abraham Lincoln Memorabilia Display written by Lincoln Mutual Savings Bank (Spokane, Wash.) and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lincoln written by San Francisco Chronicle and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 5 items relating to President Abraham Lincoln, some issued immediately after his assassination: a very small framed photograph of Lincoln attached to a ribbon, a card depicting the "Union Commanders," a memorial ribbon, a memorial handout issued by the San Francisco "Daily Dramatic Chronicle," and a memorial resolution issued by the State of California Union.League.
Download or read book The Hunt for History written by Nathan Raab and published by Scribner. This book was released on 2021-03-09 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nathan Raab, America’s preeminent rare documents dealer, delivers a “diverting account of treasure hunting in the fast lane” (The Wall Street Journal) that recounts his years as the Sherlock Holmes of historical artifacts, questing after precious finds and determining their authenticity. A box uncovered in a Maine attic with twenty letters written by Alexander Hamilton; a handheld address to Congress by President George Washington; a long-lost Gold Medal that belonged to an American President; a note that Winston Churchill wrote to his captor when he was a young POW in South Africa; paperwork signed and filled out by Amelia Earhart when she became the first woman to fly the Atlantic; an American flag carried to the moon and back by Neil Armstrong; an unpublished letter written by Albert Einstein, discussing his theory of relativity. Each day, people from all over the world contact Nathan Raab for help understanding what they have, what it might be worth, and how to sell it. The Raab Collection’s president, Nathan is a modern-day treasure hunter and one of the world’s most prominent dealers of historical artifacts. Most weeks, he travels the country, scours auctions, or fields phone calls and emails from people who think they may have found something of note in a grandparent’s attic. In The Hunt for History, “Raab takes us on a wild hunt and deliciously opens up numerous hidden crevices of history” (Jay Winik, author of April 1865)—spotting a letter from British officials that secured the Rosetta Stone; discovering a piece of the first electric cable laid by Edison; restoring a fragmented letter from Andrew Jackson that led to the infamous Trail of Tears; and locating copies of missing audio that had been recorded on Air Force One as the plane brought JFK’s body back to Washington. Whether it’s the first report of Napoleon’s death or an unpublished letter penned by Albert Einstein to a curious soldier, every document and artifact Raab uncovers comes with a spellbinding story—and often offers new insights into a life we thought we knew.
Download or read book Lincoln Memorabilia Collection written by and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains items from Abraham Lincoln's presidential campaign in Calif. Also includes information about Lincoln as Postmaster in Ill.
Download or read book Collecting Lincoln written by Stuart L. Schneider and published by Schiffer Book for Collectors &. This book was released on 1997 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 950 photos present a multi-faceted look at Abraham Lincoln and how society still reveres him more than 100 years after his death. Includes artifacts, pictures, coins, and much more.
Download or read book Land of Lincoln written by Andrew Ferguson and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before he grew up and became one of Washington's most respected reporters and editors, Andrew Ferguson was, of all things, a Lincoln buff. Like so many sons of Illinois before him, he hung photos of Abe on his bedroom wall, memorized the Gettysburg Address, and read himself to sleep at night with the Second Inaugural or the Letter to Mrs. Bixby. Ferguson eventually outgrew his obsession. But decades later, his latent buffdom was reignited by a curious headline in a local newspaper: Lincoln Statue Stirs Outrage in Richmond. Lincoln? thought Ferguson. Outrage? I felt the first stirrings of the fatal question, the question that, once raised, never lets go: Huh? In Land of Lincoln, Ferguson embarks on a curiosity-fueled coast-to-coast journey through contemporary Lincoln Nation, encountering everything from hatred to adoration to opportunism and all manner of reaction in between. He attends a national conference of Lincoln impersonators in Indiana; seeks out the premier collectors of Lincoln memorabilia from California to Rhode Island; attends a Dale Carnegie-inspired leadership conference based on Lincoln's management style; drags his family across the three-state-long and now defunct Lincoln Heritage Trail; and even manages to hold one of five original copies of the Gettysburg Address. Along the way he weaves in enough history to hook readers of presidential biographies and popular histories while providing the engaging voice and style of the best narrative journalism. Ultimately, Land of Lincoln is an entertaining, unexpected, and big-hearted celebration of Lincoln and his enduring influence on the country he helped create.
Download or read book Lincoln Memorabilia Original Plaster Bust of Lincoln Made from Life April 1860 Original Plaster Casts of Lincoln s Hands Both by Leonard W Volk Together with His Sculptor s Tools and the Manuscript of His Reminiscences Original Life Mask of Stephen A Douglas and an Oil Portrait of Lincoln by Douglas Volk written by Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lincoln Memorabilia written by Parke-Bernet Galleries and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Abraham Lincoln Memorabilia written by James L. Swanson and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lincoln in American Memory written by Merrill D. Peterson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1995-06-01 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lincoln's death, like his life, was an event of epic proportions. When the president was struck down at his moment of triumph, writes Merrill Peterson, "sorrow--indescribable sorrow" swept the nation. After lying in state in Washington, Lincoln's body was carried by a special funeral train to Springfield, Illinois, stopping in major cities along the way; perhaps a million people viewed the remains as memorial orations rang out and the world chorused its sincere condolences. It was the apotheosis of the martyred President--the beginning of the transformation of a man into a mythic hero. In Lincoln in American Memory, historian Merrill Peterson provides a fascinating history of Lincoln's place in the American imagination from the hour of his death to the present. In tracing the changing image of Lincoln through time, this wide-ranging account offers insight into the evolution and struggles of American politics and society--and into the character of Lincoln himself. Westerners, Easterners, even Southerners were caught up in the idealization of the late President, reshaping his memory and laying claim to his mantle, as his widow, son, memorial builders, and memorabilia collectors fought over his visible legacy. Peterson also looks at the complex responses of blacks to the memory of Lincoln, as they moved from exultation at the end of slavery to the harsh reality of free life amid deep poverty and segregation; at more than one memorial event for the great emancipator, the author notes, blacks were excluded. He makes an engaging examination of the flood of reminiscences and biographies, from Lincoln's old law partner William H. Herndon to Carl Sandburg and beyond. Serious historians were late in coming to the topic; for decades the myth-makers sought to shape the image of the hero President to suit their own agendas. He was made a voice of prohibition, a saloon-keeper, an infidel, a devout Christian, the first Bull Moose Progressive, a military blunderer and (after the First World War) a military genius, a white supremacist (according to D.W. Griffith and other Southern admirers), and a touchstone for the civil rights movement. Through it all, Peterson traces five principal images of Lincoln: the savior of the Union, the great emancipator, man of the people, first American, and self-made man. In identifying these archetypes, he tells us much not only of Lincoln but of our own identity as a people.
Download or read book Lincoln Memorabilia written by Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Land of Lincoln written by Andrew Ferguson and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Brilliant . . . Ferguson’s guided tour of the often amusing, sometimes bizarre ways we remember Lincoln today . . . is heartening and even inspiring.” —Bill Kristol, Time Abraham Lincoln was our greatest president and perhaps the most influential American who ever lived. But what is his place in our country today? In Land of Lincoln, Andrew Ferguson packs his bags and embarks on a journey to the heart of contemporary Lincoln Nation, where he encounters a world as funny as it is poignant, and a population as devoted as it is colorful. In small-town Indiana, Ferguson drops in on the national conference of Lincoln presenters, 175 grown men who make their living (sort of) by impersonating their hero. He meets the premier collectors of Lincoln memorabilia, prized items of which include Lincoln’s chamber pot, locks of his hair, and pages from a boyhood schoolbook. He takes his wife and children on a trip across the long-defunct Lincoln Heritage Trail, a driving tour of landmarks from Lincoln’s life. This book is an entertaining, unexpected, and big-hearted celebration of Lincoln’s enduring influence on our country—and the people who help keep his spirit alive. “A hilarious, offbeat tour of Lincoln shrines, statues, cabins and museums . . . Mr. Ferguson maps it expertly, with an understated Midwestern sense of humor that Lincoln, master of the funny story, would have been the first to appreciate.” —William Grimes, The New York Times
Download or read book My Twelve Years with John F Kennedy written by Evelyn Lincoln and published by New York : D. McKay Company. This book was released on 1965 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a groups of recollections of the woman who served as personal secretary to John F. Kennedy from his first days as Congressman through his years as President.
Download or read book The Lincoln Memorial written by Osborn Hamiline Oldroyd and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Lincoln Collection of the Illinois State Historical Library written by Paul McClelland Angle and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln written by Abraham Lincoln and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lincoln written by Lincoln Foundation (Springfield, Ill.) and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
