The Resource Herndon on Lincoln : letters, William H. Herndon ; edited by Douglas L. Wilson and Rodney O. Davis
Herndon on Lincoln : letters, William H. Herndon ; edited by Douglas L. Wilson and Rodney O. Davis
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- Summary
- After Abraham Lincoln's assassination in 1865, William H. Herndon began work on a brief, "subjective" biography of his former law partner, but his research turned up such unexpected and often startling information that it became a lifelong obsession. The biography finally published in 1889, Herndon's Lincoln, was a collaboration with Jesse W. Weik in which Herndon provided the materials and Weik did almost all the writing. For this reason, and because so much of what Herndon had to say about Lincoln was not included in the biography, David Donald has observed, "To understand Herndon's own rather peculiar approach to Lincoln biography, one must go back to his letters." An exhaustive collection of what Herndon was told by others about Lincoln was published by Douglas L. Wilson and Rodney O. Davis in Herndon's Informants: Letters, Interviews, and Statements about Abraham Lincoln . In this new volume, Wilson and Davis have produced a comprehensive edition of what Herndon himself wrote about Lincoln in his own letters. Because of Herndon's close association with Lincoln, his intimate acquaintance with his partner's legal and political careers, and because he sought out informants who knew Lincoln and preserved information that might otherwise have been lost, his letters have become an indispensable resource for Lincoln biography. Unfiltered by a collaborator and rendered in Herndon's own distinctive voice, these letters constitute a matchless trove of primary source material. Herndon on Lincoln: Letters is a must for libraries, research institutions, and students of a towering American figure and his times
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxv, 371 pages
- Contents
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- V. 1. Letters
- Isbn
- 9780252084805
- Label
- Herndon on Lincoln : letters
- Title
- Herndon on Lincoln
- Title remainder
- letters
- Statement of responsibility
- William H. Herndon ; edited by Douglas L. Wilson and Rodney O. Davis
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- After Abraham Lincoln's assassination in 1865, William H. Herndon began work on a brief, "subjective" biography of his former law partner, but his research turned up such unexpected and often startling information that it became a lifelong obsession. The biography finally published in 1889, Herndon's Lincoln, was a collaboration with Jesse W. Weik in which Herndon provided the materials and Weik did almost all the writing. For this reason, and because so much of what Herndon had to say about Lincoln was not included in the biography, David Donald has observed, "To understand Herndon's own rather peculiar approach to Lincoln biography, one must go back to his letters." An exhaustive collection of what Herndon was told by others about Lincoln was published by Douglas L. Wilson and Rodney O. Davis in Herndon's Informants: Letters, Interviews, and Statements about Abraham Lincoln . In this new volume, Wilson and Davis have produced a comprehensive edition of what Herndon himself wrote about Lincoln in his own letters. Because of Herndon's close association with Lincoln, his intimate acquaintance with his partner's legal and political careers, and because he sought out informants who knew Lincoln and preserved information that might otherwise have been lost, his letters have become an indispensable resource for Lincoln biography. Unfiltered by a collaborator and rendered in Herndon's own distinctive voice, these letters constitute a matchless trove of primary source material. Herndon on Lincoln: Letters is a must for libraries, research institutions, and students of a towering American figure and his times
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- MNU
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1818-1891
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Herndon, William Henry
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E457
- LC item number
- .H579 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1935-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Wilson, Douglas L.
- Davis, Rodney O.
- Knox College (Galesburg, Ill.)
- Series statement
- The Knox College Lincoln Studies Center series
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Lincoln, Abraham
- Herndon, William Henry
- Presidents
- Herndon, William Henry
- Lincoln, Abraham
- Presidents
- United States
- Label
- Herndon on Lincoln : letters, William H. Herndon ; edited by Douglas L. Wilson and Rodney O. Davis
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- V. 1. Letters
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xxv, 371 pages
- Isbn
- 9780252084805
- Lccn
- 2015026551
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)967860445
- Label
- Herndon on Lincoln : letters, William H. Herndon ; edited by Douglas L. Wilson and Rodney O. Davis
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- V. 1. Letters
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xxv, 371 pages
- Isbn
- 9780252084805
- Lccn
- 2015026551
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)967860445
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