Lincoln Legends
Subtitle: Myths, Hoaxes, and Confabulations Associated with Our Greatest President
By: Edward Steers Jr. ; with an introduction by Harold Holzer.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Lexington
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780813124667
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, -- 1809-1865 -- Legends; Presidents -- United States -- Folklore; Legends -- United States; Folklore -- United States
Genres: Legends.; Folklore.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The birthplace cabin; title: Lincoln's father; title: Abe and Ann; title: Ann Rutledge's resting place; title: Was Lincoln baptized?; title: The mole in the White House; title: You can fool all of the people some of the time; title: The world will little note; title: The "lost" draft of the Gettysburg Address; title: The gay Lincoln myth; title: Noble American or deceptive doctor?; title: The missing pages from Booth's diary; title: Peanut John; title: The man who never was