Title Lincoln's campaign biographies / Thomas A. Horrocks.

Publication Info.	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.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note	Print version record.
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.
Subject	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. (OCoLC)fst00030184
	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. (OCoLC)fst00844840
	Presidents -- Election. (OCoLC)fst01075747
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term	1800-1899
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	Print version: Horrocks, Thomas A. Lincoln's campaign biographies 9780809333318 (DLC) 2013031897 (OCoLC)854890057
ISBN	9780809333325 (electronic bk.)
	0809333325 (electronic bk.)

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