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Looking for Lincoln : the making of an American icon / Philip B. Kunhardt III, Peter W. Kunhardt, Peter W. Kunhardt, Jr. ; foreword by David Herbert Donald ; introduction by Doris Kearns Goodwin.

Title
  1. Looking for Lincoln : the making of an American icon / Philip B. Kunhardt III, Peter W. Kunhardt, Peter W. Kunhardt, Jr. ; foreword by David Herbert Donald ; introduction by Doris Kearns Goodwin.
Published by
  1. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
Author
  1. Kunhardt, Philip B., III, 1951-

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Additional authors
  1. Kunhardt, Peter W.
  2. Kunhardt, Peter W., Jr., 1982-
Description
  1. xii, 494 p. : ill. (some col.); 29 cm.
Summary
  1. Honoring the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth, a comprehensive, illustrated portrait of America's sixteenth president examines the myths and controversies surrounding Lincoln's posthumous image, from 1865 to the 1922 dedication of the Lincoln memorial, drawing on firsthand accounts, family papers, period archives, and other sources to reveal the man and his legacy.
Subject
  1. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Influence
  2. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Public opinion
  3. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Anecdotes
  4. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Anniversaries, etc
  5. Presidents -- United States -- Miscellanea
  6. Public opinion -- United States
Genre/Form
  1. Anecdotes
  2. Biography
  3. miscellanies.
  4. Trivia and miscellanea
  5. Biographies
  6. Quelle
  7. Anecdotes.
  8. Biographies.
  9. MiscellaneĢes.
Contents
  1. Black Easter -- We who knew hiim -- Betrayal -- Looking back -- His unfinished work -- The photographs of Abraham Lincoln.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 480-482) and index.
Processing action (note)
  1. committed to retain