Claiming Lincoln: Progressivism, Equality, and the Battle for Lincoln's Legacy in Presidential Rhetoric

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Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 3 1—Lincoln and the Idea of Equality 9 2—Theodore Roosevelt’s Lincoln 33 3—Woodrow Wilson’s Lincoln 64 4—Franklin Roosevelt’s Lincoln 97 5—Lyndon Johnson’s Lincoln 134 6—Barack Obama’s Lincoln 154 Conclusion 174 Notes 181 Bibliography 213 Index 229 ...