Statues and Status: Lincoln in Europe
Lincoln’s ascension to the status of icon was not smooth and steady. Journalist Horace Greeley predicted in April of 1865 that the sixteenth President’s reputation would grow proportionate to the distance from his own era, and it grew steadily from his death in 1865, but soared dramatically followin...
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| Language: | English |
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Göttingen University Press
2016-05-01
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| Series: | American Studies Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://www.asjournal.org/60-2016/statues-status-lincoln-europe/ |