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The Lincoln trail in Pennsylvania : a history and guide /

Authors:
Hoch, Bradley R.,
Item ID:
MQ23477
Publisher:
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2001.
ISBN:
0271021195 (alk. paper)
Call Number:
E457.64 .H64 2001 1
Physical Description:
xviii, 210 pages : ilustrations., maps, portraits ; 27 cm.
Topic:
Historic sites -- Pennsylvania.
Presidents -- United States. -- Biography.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Homes and haunts -- Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania -- History -- 19th century -- Anecdotes.
Pennsylvania -- History, Local.
Note:
"A Keystone book."; Includes bibliographical references (pages [197]-203) and index.; Lincoln in Pennsylvania -- Foreword / Gabor S. Boritt -- Preface -- "An omen of what is to come": Washington's birthday, 1861 -- "Mystic chords of memory": Lincoln ancestors -- "Struck blind": Lincoln in Congress -- "Dare to do our duty": Lincoln and the Pennsylvania politicians -- "To see and be seen": The inaugural train -- "Looked at through a fog": Lincoln and the railroads -- "Unfinished work": The Gettysburg Address -- "Comfort and relief": The great central sanitary fair -- "The heavens are hung in black": The funeral train -- Postscript: The literal trail-sites to visit -- Appendix A: Springfield to Washington, D. C., 1847 -- Appendix B: Lincoln and the Pennsylvania railroads.; Genealogy copy is part of the Dr. Allen Wayne Aldred Memorial Collection.
OCLC Number:
16961
Holding Institution:
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Available for Viewing:
By appointment only
Category:
Books & Pamphlets