Lincoln's Body: A Cultural History

by Richard Wightman Fox

Book Overview

Abraham Lincoln remains America's most beloved leader. The fact that he was lampooned in his day as "ugly and grotesque" only made Lincoln more endearing to millions. In Lincoln's Body, acclaimed cultural historian Richard Wightman Fox explores how deeply, and how differently, Americans--black and white, male and female, Northern and Southern--have valued our sixteenth president, from his own lifetime to the Hollywood biopics about him. Lincoln...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393352633
• ISBN13: 9780393352634
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.4" x 8.2"