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Author:

Wolff, Daniel J.

Title:

How Lincoln learned to read : twelve great Americans and the educations that made them / Daniel Wolff.

Edition:

1st U.S. ed.

Publisher:

Bloomsbury,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

345 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Education--United States--History.
United States--Biography.
Geschichte.
Schule.
USA.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-334) and index.

Contents:

Prologue: The present -- Ben [Benjamin Franklin] -- Naddy [Abigail Smith] -- Andy [Andrew Jackson] -- Belle [Belle Hardenbergh] -- Abe [Abraham Lincoln] -- Thocmetony [Winnemucca: Peabody Indian School for Paiutes] -- Henry [Henry Ford] -- Willie [W. E. B. Du Bois] -- Helen [Helen Keller] -- Rachel [Rachel Carson] -- Jack [John F. Kennedy] -- Elvis [Elvis Presley] -- Epilogue: The present.

Summary:

Wolff presents an engaging, provocative history of American ideas, told through the educations (both in and out of school) of 12 great figures, from Benjamin Franklin to Elvis Presley.

ISBN:

1596912901 (hardcover)
9781596912908 (hardcover)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)232257031

LCCN:

2008024695

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

POSX851 -- Ballard Community High School (Huxley)

RAPD371 -- Jefferson Public Library (Jefferson)

D8PD522 -- North Liberty Community Library (North Liberty)

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)

JHPC815 -- Sac City Public Library (Sac City)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)