Lincoln's Campaign Biographies

Contents

Contents List of Illustrations ix Introduction 1 1 Texts, Contexts, and Contests: Politics and Print in the Age of Lincoln 6 2 Constructing the Ideal Candidate: Campaign Biographies and Image Making 23 3 Promoting Honest Abe, the Rail Splitter: Lincoln’s 1860 Campaign Biographies 45 4 The 1864 Campaign: The Rail Splitter as Father Abraham 77 Conclusion: Biographies and Ballots 101 Acknowledgments 109 Notes 111 Selected Bibliography 135 Index 143 ...