Lincoln's Smile and Other Enigmas

by Alan Trachtenberg

Book Overview

Lincoln's Smile demonstrates why Alan Trachtenberg has been the leading scholar in American studies for more than four decades. --Casey Nelson Blake, Columbia University

Alan Trachtenberg has always been interested in cultural artifacts that register meanings and feelings that Americans share even when they disagree about them. Some of the most beloved ones--like the famous last photograph of Abraham Lincoln, taken at the time...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809065738
• ISBN13: 9780809065738
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 7.9"