{"product_id":"abraham-lincoln-american-prince-9781476688121","title":"Abraham Lincoln American Prince","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   The relationship between Abraham Lincoln and his two most influential ancestors--his mother and the Virginia planter, a slaveholder, a shadowy grandfather he likely never met--is rarely mentioned in Lincoln biographies or in history texts. However, Lincoln, forever linked to the cause of freedom and equality in America, spoke candidly of the planter to his law partner, Billy Herndon, who recalled his words, My mother inherited his qualities and I hers. All that I am or ever hope to be I get from my mother--God bless her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   This vital two-generation relationship was nonetheless problematic. In Lincoln''s boyhood the planter was a figure he ridiculed while in his young manhood the planter evolved into a role model whom Lincoln revered and associated with Jefferson''s overdue ideal that all men are created equal. Thus galvanized by blood to educate himself, to stand for election and to oppose slavery, Lincoln quit farming at age 22. This book explains how he thus followed an \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eA Note on Method and Sources\u003cbr\u003eSource Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003ePart One: Reports\u003cbr\u003e 1. Nancy Hanks, Backwoods Debater (circa 1800)\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Weaving Shed Story (1817 or 1818)\u003cbr\u003e 3. Two Scary Grandfathers (Lincoln's Boyhood)\u003cbr\u003e 4. Lincoln Investigates His Grandfathers (1848 and 1854)\u003cbr\u003e 5. What Lincoln Told Billy Herndon (circa 1851)\u003cbr\u003e 6. What Lincoln Told the \"Special Correspondent\" (1860)\u003cbr\u003e 7. Lincoln's \"Great Cause\" (1863)\u003cbr\u003ePart Two: Reflections\u003cbr\u003e 8. Lincoln's Mother, Lincoln's Hero\u003cbr\u003e 9. Nancy Hanks at and Outside of the Berrys'\u003cbr\u003e10. First Fruits: Sally, the Lincolns' Firstborn\u003cbr\u003e11. The ­Great Educational Debate\u003cbr\u003e12. The Winter of the Deep Snow\u003cbr\u003e13. A Meditation on Lucy Hanks, Her Impact on Her Daughter, and on Lincoln\u003cbr\u003e14. What Lincoln Told Neither Herndon Nor the Special Correspondent\u003cbr\u003e15. The Farmers and the Enslaved\u003cbr\u003e16. Lincoln and His Ancestors\u003cbr\u003ePart Three: Recapitulation\u003cbr\u003e17. Lincoln's Hope of an Immortal Name\u003cbr\u003eAfterword\u003cbr\u003eAppendix A: Lincoln: Uncertainty, Probabilities and the Census of 1850: A Speculative Essay\u003cbr\u003eAppendix B: Lincoln's Schooling (An Approximation)\u003cbr\u003eAppendix C: Lincoln's Early Encounters with Enslaved Persons and Statements About Slavery\u003cbr\u003eAppendix D: Lincoln's Campaigns for Public Office\u003cbr\u003eChapter Notes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040505692503,"sku":"9781476688121","price":27.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476688121.jpg?v=1750946955","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/abraham-lincoln-american-prince-9781476688121","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}