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Author Horrocks, Thomas A

Title Lincoln's campaign biographies / Thomas A. Horrocks
Published Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2014]
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Description 1 online resource (ix, 148 pages) : illustrations
Series Concise Lincoln library
Concise Lincoln library.
Contents Cover; Flaps; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Introduction; 1. Texts, Contexts, and Contests: Politics and Print in the Age of Lincoln; 2. Constructing the Ideal Candidate: Campaign Biographies and Image Making; 3. Promoting Honest Abe, the Rail Splitter: Lincoln's 1860 Campaign Biographies; 4. The 1864 Campaign: The Rail Splitter as Father Abraham; Conclusion: Biographies and Ballots; Acknowledgments; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; Author Biography; Series Statement; Other Books in the Concise Lincoln Library; Back Cover
Summary During the 1860 and 1864 presidential campaigns, Abraham Lincoln was the subject of over twenty campaign biographies. In this innovative study, Thomas A. Horrocks examines the role that these publications played in shaping an image of Lincoln that would resonate with voters and explores the vision of Lincoln that the biographies crafted, the changes in this vision over the course of four years, and the impact of these works on the outcome of the elections. Horrocks investigates Lincoln's campaign biographies within the context of the critical relationship between print and politi
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
SUBJECT Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 fast
Subject Campaign biography -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1860
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1864
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Presidents & Heads of State.
HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
HISTORY -- United States -- 19th century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
Campaign biography
Presidents -- Election
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780809333325
0809333325