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Adventures in Abe's America
Grove Press
April 2008
On Sale: April 11, 2008
304 pages
ISBN: 080214361X
EAN: 9780802143617
Paperback
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Non-Fiction History
Abraham Lincoln was our greatest president and perhaps the
most influential American who ever lived. But what is his
place in our country today? In Land of Lincoln, Andrew
Ferguson packs his bags and embarks on a journey to the
heart of contemporary Lincoln Nation, where he encounters a
world as funny as it is poignant, and a population as
devoted as it is colorful. In small-town Indiana, Ferguson
drops in on the national conference of Lincoln presenters,
175 grown men who make their living (sort of) by
impersonating their hero. He meets the premier collectors of
Lincoln memorabilia, prized items of which include Lincoln’s
chamber pot, locks of his hair, and pages from a boyhood
schoolbook. He takes his wife and children on a trip across
the long-defunct Lincoln Heritage Trail, a driving tour of
landmarks from Lincoln’s life. This book is an entertaining,
unexpected, and big-hearted celebration of Lincoln’s
enduring influence on our country--and the people who help
keep his spirit alive.
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