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Lincoln Legends : Myths, Hoaxes, and Confabulations Associated with Our Greatest President, Hardback Book

Lincoln Legends : Myths, Hoaxes, and Confabulations Associated with Our Greatest President Hardback

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The folklore surrounding history's towering figures often overshadows actual scholarship, both in terms of quantity and in terms of prevalence in the public consciousness.

As one might expect with a revered national icon, nearly every facet of Abraham Lincoln's life has been subject to mythmaking as well as academic inquiry of widely varying quality and accuracy.

In Lincoln Legends, noted historian and Lincoln expert Edward Steers Jr. carefully scrutinizes some of the most notorious tall tales and distorted ideas about America's sixteenth President.

Did Abraham Lincoln write his greatest speech on the back of an envelope on the way to Gettysburg?

Did he appear before a congressional committee to defend his wife against charges of treason?

Was Lincoln an illegitimate child? Was he gay? Edward Steers weighs the evidence in these and other heated debates about the Great Emancipator.

Steers's conclusions will satisfy some and disappoint others, and he just might settle some of these enduring questions once and for all.

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