Abraham Lincoln and Robert Burns: Connected Lives and Legends

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Jacket illustrations: Mathew P. Brady, Abraham Lincoln, February 9, 1864. Courtesy of the Lincoln Museum, Fort Wayne, Indiana. No. 0-92. Alexander Naysmyth, Robert Burns, 1787. By permission of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh. $27.95 usd isbn 0-8093-2855-0 isbn 978-0-8093-2855-0 “The fruit of meticulous research on both sides of the Atlantic , this beautifully crafted, sensitive analysis offers intriguing and instructive insights into the numerous parallels and intersections between the life stories of two men who were to become the embodiment of their respective nations in all their contradictions. Abraham Lincoln and Robert Burns is an engaging comparative study that breaks new ground in our understanding of the linkages between two complex and contradictory emblems of universal humanity.” —Marjory Harper, University of Aberdeen, author of Adventurers and Exiles: The Great Scottish Exodus “Abraham Lincoln and Robert Burns is comparative history at its best.” —Frank J. Williams, Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, author of Judging Lincoln southern illinois university press 1915 university press drive mail code 6806 carbondale, il 62901 www.siu.edu/~siupress ...