Getting Right with Lincoln: Correcting Misconceptions about Our Greatest President

by Edward Steers and Edward Steers Jr.

Book Overview

Did Abraham Lincoln hate his father so much that he would not visit him on his deathbed or buy him a tombstone? Is it true that Ann Rutledge, who died tragically young, was the real love of his life? Did he order the murder of thirty-eight Dakota Sioux warriors because of his hatred of Native Americans?

Noted historian and Lincoln expert Edward Steers Jr. sets the record straight in this engaging and authoritative book, analyzing the facts...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813180902
• ISBN13: 9780813180908
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up