Looking for Lincoln: The Making of an American Icon

Philip B. Kunhardt III; Peter W. Kunhardt; Peter W. Kunhardt Jr.

ISBN 10: 030726713X / ISBN 13: 9780307267139

Published by Knopf, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Looking for Lincoln: The Making of an American Icon
• Publisher: Knopf
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 030726713X
• ISBN 13: 9780307267139
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

An extensively researched, lavishly illustrated consideration of the myths, memories, and questions that gathered around our most belovedâ and most enigmaticâ president in the years between his assassination and the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in 1922.
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Availing themselves of a vast collection of both published and never-before-seen materials, the authorsâ the fourth and fifth generations of a family of Lincoln scholarsâ bring into focus the posthumous portrait of Lincoln that took hold in the American imagination. Told through the voices of those who knew the manâ Northerners and Southerners, blacks and whites, neighbors and family members, adversaries and colleaguesâ Looking for Lincoln charts the dramatic epilogue to Lincoln’s extraordinary life.
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During these years, as Americans struggled to understand their loss and rebuild their country, Lincoln’s legacy was still hotly debated. The authors take us through the immediate aftermath of the assassination; the private memories of those closest to the slain president; the difficult period between 1876 and 1908, when a tired nation turned its back on the former slaves and betrayed Lincoln’s teachings; and the early years of the twentieth century when Lincoln’s popularity soared as African Americans fought to reclaim the ideals he espoused.
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Looking for Lincoln will deeply enhance our understanding of the statesman and his legacy, at a moment when the timeless example of his leadership is more crucial than ever.

About the Author

Philip B. Kunhardt III is a writer-producer with Kunhardt Productions. Peter W. Kunhardt is executive producer of Kunhardt Productions. Peter W. Kunhardt, Jr., is assistant director of development at the Meserve-Kunhardt Foundation. Along with their father, the late Philip B. Kunhardt, Jr., Philip and Peter are coauthors of Lincoln: An Illustrated Biography. Looking for Lincoln will be the companion volume to a PBS special of the same name to be aired in the winter of 2009. The Kunhardts are based in Chappaqua, New York.