Download or read book Marks of Lincoln on Our Land written by Maurine Whorton Redway and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unusual book is a concise biography of Abraham Lincoln, told from a novel point of view. It describes for the first time the remarkable chain of monuments and shrines which have been erected across our country on the sites where the Civil War President lived and worked and made his extraordinary mark on our land. There are black and white pictures of all of those monuments and shrines.

Download or read book Lincoln and the Land of the Sangamon Classic Reprint written by Louis Obed Renne and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-11 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lincoln and the Land of the Sangamon Doubtless no two persons agree entirely on what is most significant in revealing the character and ethics of Abraham Lincoln, though every observation of his life contributes to our knowledge of the man. Mythical, legendary, and verified anecdotes have been interwoven from Hardin County to Sangamon; nevertheless, his Civil War years have been well authenticated and recorded by diligent biographers and distinguished historians. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Lincoln s Land written by Melancthon Woolsey Stryker and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lincoln's Land: And Other Recent Verses In the mid land was born a real man, Who out of penury and plainest toil Grew on to his great manhood. Child and boy, He knew the lessons of adversity, The frugal fare, the pioneer's stern task, The lonely longing, those few ragged books That yet his kindling meditation fed And launched his mind upon uncharted seas. His inner life a brooding solitude, With melancholy wondering, he saw No path to what his yearning spirit sought And least of all could guess where he would find An answer to the query of his soul. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Abraham Lincoln Centenary 1809 1909 Classic Reprint written by North Dakota Dept. Of Publi Instruction and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Abraham Lincoln Centenary, 1809-1909 The coming anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln will be one of peculiar significance, in that it marks the completion of a century. Everywhere over this land of ours, this home of the brave and the free, in Northland and Southland, from Atlantic to Pacific, on this day, a patriotic people will pause in their usual routine to contemplate the life, work and influence of him of whom Lowell sang, New birth of our new soil the first American. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Last Best Hope of Earth written by Mark E. Neely and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A portrait of Abraham Lincoln analyzes the great president's political career, his fierce nationalism, his greater moral purpose that made him oppose slavery, and other facets of his life and times. By the author of The Fate of Liberty. 10,000 first printing.

Download or read book The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln Civil War Classics written by Abraham Lincoln and published by Diversion Books. This book was released on 2014-12-16 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the end of the Civil War, Diversion Books is publishing seminal works of the era: stories told by the men and women who led, who fought, and who lived in an America that had come apart at the seams. The first entry in the comprehensive collection of the writings from the sixteenth president. This volume cover his years in the Illinois House of Representatives, at the beginning of a nascent political career that would eventually take him into the White House, and the country into its most tumultuous period.

Download or read book The Boyhood of Lincoln Classic Reprint written by Harriet G. Reiter and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-19 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Boyhood of Lincoln A great many years ago a brave man found his way through a gap in the mountains. He stood on the hills and looked over the lovely land of Kentucky. There were deep forests and Open grassy places. Bears and wild turkeys and all kinds of game were in the woods. Great herds of buffalo roamed over the hills. It all looked so peaceful and beautiful that it seemed to be prepared by the hand of God for the use of man. But Indians went on the warpath through those beautiful forests. They lay in wait along the streams with tomahawks ready, for any white men who might come to their favorite hunting ground. The scalps of many brave hunters hung from their belts. One never knew what bush or tree might hide a. Painted savage. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Shadow of a Great Man written by Esther Willard Bates and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-02-19 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Shadow of a Great Man: An Episode of Lincoln's Day The past. There was a man, built of heroic mould, In gaunt strength fashioned, patient, tender, sage: From out the West he came, when years untold Brought on this land the crisis of her age. Upon her scutcheon was a scarlet stain, On her fair name a cloud hung night and day, And who save he, the Union might maintain, And wipe, with tears, her slavery away? They summoned him to free a myriad slaves. What chains, what fear, what grief their bondage wrought N 0 one shall ever know; but soldier's' graves Show what heroic answers to his call were brought! The spirit OF history. And was this needed, all this human life Laid on the altar of the Highest Right? Hark to the story. See if bitter strife Were bitterer than the hunted Slave by night, Were bitterer than the auction block and pen, Were bitterer than the mother torn from child, Or fugitives, one night in poisonous fen, The next, through forests and by rivers wild. As certain shepherds by a Star were led, Obedient to the Heavenly Hosts' command, So the poor Slave, by his star comforted, Followed its guiding light into a freer land. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Abraham Lincoln written by Walter P. Beckwith and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-24 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Abraham Lincoln: An Historical Address Then so much depends upon the point of view. In this regard, men are like mountains. A height of land towers over our heads: is it a mountain, splitting the clouds, and joining the earth and the sky; or is it a mere knoll, shutting from our view the real peaks which are just beyond it? In a deep and narrow valley, one has no idea how some mighty peak dominates the whole landscape for miles and miles. But when he gets away upon the other summits, he sees at once how easily it is the master and king of the en tire region. I repeat - so with men. We do not judge the public men of our own time with intelligence even, - let alone fairness and candor. No man, it is said, is a hero to his own valet. The genuine greatness or the essential littleness of those who figure largely in the world's affairs is not clearly perceived in their own times. To illustrate by familiar examples how have the contemporary estimates of Daniel Webster and of Charles Sumner changed since their deaths. You all know how John A. Andrew is reckoned to-day; but in 1862, there was a strong opposition to his re-election, even within his own party, and no less a man than Charles Dev ens was made the candidate of dissatisfied republicans, and of democrats eager to profit by the dissensions of their oppo neuts. At rare intervals, there appears upon the stage of human affairs, a man, whose life and deeds and character compel the attention, the admiration, and the lasting affection of the world. His is one of the few, the immortal names, that were not born to die. Generations come and generations go; but his memory, living and green, does not fade. Parties rise and fall; but his name becomes a household word, dear to the hearts and the lips of his countrymen. Great issues are settled so that the settlements mark clear gains for human progress his fortunes had been married to those great principles and his fame is forever linked with their triumph. His services, too carelessly estimated during his life-time, - his motives, often lightly aspersed by the thoughtless and the ignorant; his relations to progress and truth, so rarely understood by his fellow - citizens, particular ly when they seemed to threaten the triumph of some party or sect, these at last become evident. Then he receives the place in history to which he is entitled; his services, his motives and his various merits bring him again the happy experience of the modest guest, and the muse of history is constantly inviting him to come up higher. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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 Forever This Land written by New Salem Lincoln League and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-03 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Forever This Land!: One Hundred Twenty-First Anniversary Celebration of the Historic Beginning of Abraham Lincoln's Larger Life With His Advent at New Salem Village In a few months he tried and failed in a store partnership; involving him in a debt which took years to liquidate. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Lincoln and Springfield Classic Reprint written by Sons Of The American Revolution and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-26 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lincoln and Springfield Here are the spots he made sacred with his presence and his intimate daily contact and association; here the old home, around which clustered and clung the tenderest memories of family and loved ones; here that splendid tomb where a grateful people have reverently enshrined his martyred remains. Hither with reverent devotion, bend the pilgrim steps of the great, the good, the wise of every land and clinic - Kings, Poets, Philosophers, Statesmen, Soldiers, all, to lay their wreaths upon the marble coffin of the great patriot-martyr, who fulfilled his holy mission and sealed the Supreme Sacrifice with his blood, in order that Government of the people, for the people and by the people should not perish from the earth! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Story of Lincoln Classic Reprint written by Virginia Heath and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Story of Lincoln Early a century has passed since the men and maidens of a quiet Village in Kentucky met to celebrate the wedding day of Thomas Lincoln and his young bride Nancy. The ever - changing line that marks the borders of the West rested then over the territory of Indiana, and a large part of Kentucky was hardly more than a wilderness. Hospitality was the law of the land. The stranger, pausing on his journey for the night, became a guest of honor. The customs of the time were simple; but there was no want of friendliness in the company that gathered around the rude table to wish the bride and bridegroom a long and prosperous life. The table was loaded with the delicacies of the period. Venison, bear - meat, wild turkey and ducks - all that the forest yielded was there in abundance, and what the occasion may have lacked in formality was made up in good cheer. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Lincoln Memorial Album Immortelles Classic Reprint written by Osborn H. Oldroyd and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-25 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Lincoln Memorial Album-Immortelles Ou the fifteenth day of April, 1880, I was standing near the monument of Abraham Lincoln, waiting for the Lincoln Guard of Honor to begin their first memorial service 011 the fifteenth anniversary of the death of Abraham Lincoln. The gathering was a small one, it being only about twenty-two minutes after seven o'clock in the morning. As I gazed on the pinnacle of the towering shaft, that marks the resting-place of him whom I had learned to love in my boyhood's years, when, in the spirited campaign of 1860, Old Abe was the watchword of every Republican, I fell to wondering whether it might not be possible for me to contribute my mite toward adding luster to the fame of this great product of American institutions. I had begun as early as 1860 to collect tro hies from his campaign, and had ever since then carefuiiy preserved every article I could secure that related in any way to his memory. The first thought that came into my mind, as I stood looking at that noble monument, was that of building a Memorial Hall in which to preserve the memorials I then possessed and those which I might subsequently secure, and I then and there adopted this plan. I have con tinned up to this time to gather Lincoln mementos, and have now in my possession nearly two thousand books, sermons, eulogies, poems, songs, portraits, badges, autograph letters, pins, medals, envelopes, statuettes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Republic of Nature written by Mark Fiege and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2012-03-20 with total page 601 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the dramatic narratives that comprise The Republic of Nature, Mark Fiege reframes the canonical account of American history based on the simple but radical premise that nothing in the nation's past can be considered apart from the natural circumstances in which it occurred. Revisiting historical icons so familiar that schoolchildren learn to take them for granted, he makes surprising connections that enable readers to see old stories in a new light. Among the historical moments revisited here, a revolutionary nation arises from its environment and struggles to reconcile the diversity of its people with the claim that nature is the source of liberty. Abraham Lincoln, an unlettered citizen from the countryside, steers the Union through a moment of extreme peril, guided by his clear-eyed vision of nature's capacity for improvement. In Topeka, Kansas, transformations of land and life prompt a lawsuit that culminates in the momentous civil rights case of Brown v. Board of Education. By focusing on materials and processes intrinsic to all things and by highlighting the nature of the United States, Fiege recovers the forgotten and overlooked ground on which so much history has unfolded. In these pages, the nation's birth and development, pain and sorrow, ideals and enduring promise come to life as never before, making a once-familiar past seem new. The Republic of Nature points to a startlingly different version of history that calls on readers to reconnect with fundamental forces that shaped the American experience. For more information, visit the author's website: http://republicofnature.com/

Download or read book Historical Markers Related to Abraham Lincoln written by Lincoln Financial Foundation and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-26 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Historical Markers Related to Abraham Lincoln: Indiana; Excerpts From Newspapers and Other Sources The message on.the plaque is so pertinent to pres ent conditions in this country that I think it should be prominently displayed in every office in.the land. The plaque is bronze relief, 5 x 8 in size, and mounted on fumed oak. In quantities of 500 or more, I can quote you a price of 85 cents apiece, including an engraved plate at the bottom of the plaque with Compliments of the Lincoln National Life Insurance Company. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book My Lincoln Letter Classic Reprint written by Marion Wallace Reninger and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-21 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from My Lincoln Letter The letter whose origin is described by Marion Wallace Reninger in this brochure has unusual value because of its supposedly confidential nature when first written, and because of its almost perfect state of preservation. Besides, it reveals an interesting sider light on the mind of Lincoln and his attitude toward what was regarded as a great public question in the industrial area of the United States. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.