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245 0  $a The Abraham Lincoln companion : $b a celebration of his life and times through a selection of remembrances, poems, songs, and tributes by relatives, friends, colleagues, and citizens, including important speeches and writings by Lincoln, along with a chronology and contact information for relevant organizations / $c edited by Helene Henderson ; foreword by Douglas L. Wilson.
260    $a Detroit, MI : $b Omnigraphics, $c c2008.
300    $a xviii, 484 p. : $b ill., ports. ; $c 25 cm.
520    $a "Contains over 100 primary source selections including essays, proclamations, letters, eulogies, poems, and songs to illustrate Abraham Lincoln's life, presidency, and legacy. Features include a chronology, bibliography, and contact information and web sites for associations, libraries, museums, and historic sites"--Provided by publisher.
504    $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-450) and indexes.
505 00 $t Lincoln says farewell to the citizens of Springfield -- $r Abraham Lincoln -- $t Preface -- $g 1-18. $t Early life and career -- $t Introduction -- $g 1-1. $t Abraham Lincoln's autobiographies -- $g 1-2. $t Osborn H. Oldroyd's summary of Lincoln's life -- $g 1-3. $t Stepmother Sarah Bush Johnston Lincoln on his childhood -- $g 1-4. $t Stepsister Matilda Johnston Moore on her older stepbrother -- $g 1-5. $t Cousin Dennis Hanks on Lincoln's early life -- $g 1-6. $t John Hanks reminisces about his younger cousin -- $g 1-7. $t Clarissa Tuft Vannattin tells how Lincoln helped her sister -- $g 1-8. $t Horace Greeley on Lincoln's education -- $g 1-9. $t James C. Ambrose on "Choosing 'Abe' Captain" -- $g 1-10. $t Best friend Joshua Speed on Lincoln's early career -- $g 1-11. $t Fellow lawyer and friend Leonard Swett recounts two versions of meeting Lincoln -- $g 1-12. $t Hamilton Wright Mabie on Lincoln as a man of letters -- $g 1-13. $t "Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud?" / $r William Knox -- $g 1-14. $t "My child-hood home I see again" / $r Abraham Lincoln -- $g 1-15. $t Correspondence between Joshua Speed and Lincoln about their marriages -- $g 1-16. $t Ida M. Tarbell on Lincoln's rise in national stature -- $g 1-17. $t Correspondence between Grace Bedell and Lincoln about his beard -- $g 1-18. $t Lincoln says farewell to the citizens of Springfield --
505 00 $g 2-20. $t William H. Crook on Lincoln's trip to Richmond near the War's end -- $t Introduction -- $g 2-1. $t James Russell Lowell on Lincoln as President -- $g 2-2. $t Nathaniel Hawthorne on meeting Lincoln -- $g 2-3. $t "We are coming Father Abraham, or, Three hundred thousand more : inscribed to our volunteers" / $r Bayard Taylor -- $g 2-4. $t James Shrigley recalls Lincoln appointing him hospital chaplain -- $g 2-5. $t Thomas T. Eckert remembers Lincoln at the War Department -- $g 2-6. The $t Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society congratulates Lincoln on emancipation -- $g 2-7. $t Frederick Douglass recalls Emancipation Day -- $g 2-8. $t Correspondence between President Lincoln and the Chicago Sanitary Commission -- $g 2-9. $t Francis B. Carpenter on painting The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation -- $g 2-10. $t James Abram Garfield on the Emancipation Proclamation -- $g 2-11. "The $t Emancipation Group" / $r John Greenleaf Whittier -- $g 2-12. $t E.W. Andrews accompanies Lincoln to Gettysburg -- $g 2-13. $t Jacob Hoke on Lincoln at Gettysburg -- $g 2-14. $t Excerpt from "The Gettysburg Ode" / $r Bayard Taylor -- $g 2-15. $t James Speed recalls Lincoln discharging a mother's sons from the army -- $g 2-16. $t Harriet Beecher Stowe shares her impressions of Lincoln -- $g 2-17. $t Sojourner Truth on meeting Lincoln -- $g 2-18. $t Joshua Speed remembers one of his last visits with Lincoln -- $g 2-19. $t Elizabeth Keckley remembers Lincoln's second inaugural -- $g 2-20. $t William H. Crook on Lincoln's trip to Richmond near the War's end --
505 00 $g 4-5. $t Elizabeth Keckley on hearing of his death -- $g 2-22. $t Charles Carleton Coffin describes the President's entry into Richmond -- $g 2-23. A $t report on the "Ax incident" -- $g pt. 3. The $t man behind the legend -- $t Introduction -- $g 3-1. $t Elizabeth Keckley describes some domestic scenes -- $g 3-2. $t Noah Brooks and William H. Crook on Lincoln and Tad -- $g 3-3. $t Francis B. Carpenter describes Lincoln's love of Shakespeare -- $g 3-4. $t Leonard Wells Volk on sculpting Lincoln -- $g 3-5. $t "On the life-mask of Abraham Lincoln" / $r Richard Watson Gilder -- $g 3-6. $t David R. Locke recounts conversations with Lincoln -- $g 3-7. $t Henry Villard describes Lincoln's storytelling -- $g 3-8. $t Albert B. Chandler on Lincoln's hair and newsboys -- $g 3-9. $t Henry Clay Whitney relates a Lincoln quip about weighty men -- $g 3-10. $t Alexander K. McClure shares popular anecdotes about Lincoln -- $g pt. 4. The $t death of Lincoln -- $t Introduction -- $g 4-1. $t William H. Crook remembers Lincoln's last day -- $g 4-2. $t Walt Whitman describes the scene of the assassination -- $g 4-3. $t Edwin M. Stanton gives a first-hand account of Lincoln's assassination -- $g 4-4. $t Maunsell B. Field describes the night of Lincoln's death -- $g 4-5. $t Elizabeth Keckley on hearing of his death --
505 00 $g 5-12. $t "Abraham Lincoln" / $g 4-7. $t Americans recall where they were : Caroline Richards, Lucretia Mott, and Jane Addams -- $g 4-8. "The $t death of Lincoln" / $r Rose Terry Cooke -- $g 4-9. $t Eulogy by Ralph Waldo Emerson, April 19, 1865 -- $g 4-10. $t Eulogy by Henry Ward Beecher, April 23, 1865 -- $g 4-11. $t Eulogy by Phillips Brooks, April 23, 1865 -- $g 4-12. $t Eulogy by Seth Sweetser, April 23, 1865 -- $g 4-13. $t Eulogy by Matthew Simpson, May 4, 1865 -- $g 4-14. $t Eulogy by Charles Sumner, June 1, 1865 -- $g 4-15. $t From "Ode recited at the Harvard Commemoration" / $r James Russell Lowell -- $g 4-16. $t Poems by Walt Whitman -- $g pt. 5. $t Tributes and legacy -- $t Introduction -- $g 5-1. $t Remembrance / $r Mary Todd Lincoln -- $g 5-2. $t William H. Herndon gives his impressions of Lincoln's character -- $g 5-3. $t Horace Greeley on Lincoln's leadership -- $g 5-4. $t Tribute / $r Shelby M. Cullom -- $g 5-5. $t Tribute / $r Schuyler Colfax -- $g 5-6. $t Tribute / $r Frederick Douglass -- $g 5-7. $t Tribute / $r Ulysses S. Grant -- $g 5-8. $t William Tecumseh Sherman recalls his last meeting with Lincoln -- $g 5-9. $t Tribute / $r Walt Whitman -- $g 5-10. $t Robert G. Ingersoll on Lincoln's legacy -- $g 5-11. $t Tribute / $r Lyman Abbott -- $g 5-12. $t "Abraham Lincoln" / $r Rose Terry Cooke --
505 00 $g 6-9. $t Centennial celebration in Bloomington, Indiana : Adlai E. Stevenson -- $r Bliss Carman -- $g 5-14. $t "Lift every voice and sing" / $r James Weldon Johnson -- $g 5-15. $t "Lincoln" / $r Paul Laurence Dunbar -- $g 5-16. $t Jonathan P. Dolliver on Lincoln's legacy -- $g 5-17. $t Mark Twain on preserving Lincoln's birthplace -- $g 5-18. $t Tribute / $r Frederic Harrison -- $g 5-19. $t Tribute / $r Rutherford B. Hayes -- $g 5-20. $t Tribute / $r William McKinley -- $g 5-21. $t Tribute / $r Theodore Roosevelt -- $g pt. 6. $t Centennial celebrations -- $t Introduction -- $g 6-1. "The $t man of peace" / $r Bliss Carman -- $g 6-2. $t Centennial celebration in  Chicago, Illinois : J.A. Macdonald -- $g 6-3. $t Centennial celebration Chicago, Illinois : Emil  G. Hirsch -- $g 6-4. $t Centennial celebration in Chicago, Illinois : A. J. Carey -- $g 6-5. $t Centennial celebration in Chicago, Illinois : J.W.E. Bowen -- $g 6-6. $t Centennial celebration in Chicago, Illinois : Frederick Dent Grant -- $g 6-7. $t Centennial celebration in Springfield, Illinois : Jean Adrian Jusserand -- $g 6-8. $t Centennial celebration in Peoria, Illinois : Kogoro Takahira -- $g 6-9. $t Centennial celebration in Bloomington, Indiana : Adlai E. Stevenson --
505 00 $g 7-9. $t Subject index. $g 6-11. $t Centennial celebration in New York New York : Joseph Hodges Choate -- $g 6-12. $t Centennial celebration in New York, New York : Booker T. Washington -- $g 6-13. $t Centennial celebration in New York, New York : Chauncey M. Depew -- $g 6-14. $t Centennial celebration in  Washington, D.C. : Joaquim Nabuco -- $g 6-15. $t Centennial celebration in Manchester, England : Church Howe -- $g 6-16. $t "Lincoln on pennies" / $r Carl Sandburg -- $g pt. 7. A $t selection of Lincoln's speeches and writings -- $t Introduction -- $g 7-1. $t Speech at Peoria, Illinois, October 16, 1854 -- $g 7-2. $t "House divided" speech at Springfield, Illinois, June 16, 1858 -- $g 7-3. $t Speech at Cooper Institute, New York, February 27, 1860 -- $g 7-4. $t First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861 -- $g 7-5. $t Letter to Horace Greeley, August 22, 1862 -- $g 7-6. $t Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863 -- $g 7-7. $t Thanksgiving Proclamation, October 3, 1863 -- $g 7-8. $t Gettysburg Address, November 19. 1863 -- $g 7-9. $t Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865 -- $t Photo and illustration credits -- $t Chronology -- $t Bibliography -- $t Contact information for Lincoln groups : associations, educational institutes, landmarks and historic sites, libraries, museums, and other web resources related to Abraham Lincoln -- $t Author index -- $t Subject index.
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