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Author:

Holst, Erika, author.

Title:

Looking for Lincoln in Illinois : historic houses of Lincoln's Illinois / Erika Holst.

Publisher:

Southern Illinois University Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xiii, 113 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 23 cm

Subject:

Lincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865--Homes and haunts--Illinois--Guidebooks.
Historic sites--Illinois--Guidebooks.
Illinois--Buildings, structures, etc.--Guidebooks.
Guidebooks.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Second Lincoln-Berry store -- Lincoln Log Cabin state historic site -- Lincoln home national historic site -- Vachel Lindsay home state historic site -- Edwards Place historic home -- Elijah Iles house -- Shastid house -- Governor Richard J. Oglesby mansion -- David Davis mansion state historic site -- C.H. Moore homestead -- Fithian home -- Milton K. Alexander house -- Governor Joseph Duncan mansion -- Broadwell Inn -- Carl Sandburg state historic site -- Joseph Smith homestead and mansion house -- Dr. Richard Eells house -- John Wood mansion -- William Watson hotel -- Trobaugh-Good house (homestead prairie farm) -- William Reddick mansion -- Bryant Cottage state historic site.

Summary:

This richly illustrated book is a guide to 22 historic houses. The sites profiled are in the 42 counties in central Illinois designated as the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area. Each building has a connection to Lincoln.

Series:

Looking for Lincoln Series

ISBN:

0809336960
9780809336968

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1022985673

LCCN:

2018005132

Locations:

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)