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Tag Archives: Abraham Lincoln
In search of Lincoln’s hand
in biography, Illinois / regional, Lincoln
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, crime, hand, Herndon on Lincoln: Letters
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The Railsplitter always remains newsworthy. Perhaps you remember the recent Lincoln-related crime wave in Kankakee, Illinois, where a thief or thieves took a plaster sculpture of Abraham Lincoln’ hand. Let’s go to local reaction, as reported in the January 3, 2016 … Continue reading
Who Was Jesse W. Weik?
in biography, Lincoln
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Herndon's Lincoln, Jesse W. Weik
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Seven-year-old Jesse W. Weik was in the crowd when Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train passed through Indianapolis on its way to Springfield. Weik’s father, an immigrant baker and grocer, lifted his son to see the late president’s body. Years later, the … Continue reading
Backlist Bop: The French Connection
in american history, art, Lincoln, religion
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Backlist Bop, Daniel Chester French, sculpture
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Today marks the birthday of Daniel Chester French, in his day one of America’s most popular sculptors. The famed often seem to have known the famed, and French was no different. May Alcott, Louisa’s sister, was the person who encouraged … Continue reading
Release Party: Herndon’s Lincoln
in biography, Illinois / regional, Lincoln
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, biography, Herndon's Lincoln, Jesse W. Weik, William H. Herndon
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New in paperback, Herndon’s Lincoln offers today’s readers the most influential biography of the Railsplitter ever published. William H. Herndon aspired to write a faithful portrait of his friend and law partner, Abraham Lincoln, based on his own observations and on … Continue reading
Making Photography Matter awarded by NCA
in american history, art, authors, awards, communication, photography
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Cara Finnegan, Civil War, Great Depression
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Making Photography Matter: A Viewer’s History from the Civil War to the Great Depression by Cara A. Finnegan was recently awarded the James A. Winans and Herbert A. Wichelns Memorial Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Rhetoric and Public Address from … Continue reading
Lincoln on Jefferson
in american history, biography, Lincoln
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Douglas L. Wilson, Herndon on Lincoln: Letters, Hernon on Lincoln, Rodney O. Davis, William Henry Herndon
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Presidents have the unique perspective on other presidents. After all, a president—living or dead, current or former—belongs to a club that remains very small, and intimately knows a job that’s unlike any other. William Henry Herndon, author of the new UIP … Continue reading
Lincoln vs. Douglas, tale of the tape
in american history, Illinois / regional, Lincoln
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Douglas
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On August 21, 1858 upstart challenger Abraham Lincoln entered into the first of seven debates with incumbent Senator Stephen Douglas in Ottawa, Illinois. Lincoln was challenging Douglas to represent Illinois in the U.S. Senate. The now-famous Lincoln-Douglas debates didn’t propel … Continue reading
New in paperback: a pioneer, a president and a King
in american history, biography, Illinois / regional, Lincoln, music
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, King of the Queen City, Locomotive to Aeromotive, new in paperback, Stephen Douglas
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Three UIP titles are available in paperback editions today. Locomotive to Aeromotive: Octave Chanute and the Transportation Revolution Earth, water, air—Octave Chanute grappled with the very elements themselves. He built the massive Chicago and Kansas City stockyards, bridged the so-called unbridgeable Missouri … Continue reading