When Lincoln came to Egypt / George W. Smith ; with a foreword by Daniel W. Stowell.

By: Smith, George Washington, 1855-1945 [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2016]Copyright date: 2016Description: 1 online resource (196 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780809335534 (e-book)Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Travel -- Illinois | Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Political career before 1861 | Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold), 1813-1861 | Politicians -- Illinois -- Biography | Political candidates -- Illinois -- Biography | Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858 | Illinois -- Politics and government -- To 1865 | Jonesboro (Ill.) -- Politics and government -- 19th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: When Lincoln came to Egypt.DDC classification: 973.7092 | B LOC classification: E457.3 | .S68 2016Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
INTRODUCTION / Paul M. Angle -- AUTHOR'S PREFACE / George W. Smith -- THOSE WHO HAVE HELPED -- WHEN LINCOLN CAME TO EGYPT / George W. Smith -- WHENCE CAME THE EGYPTIANS -- LINCOLN IN PUBLIC LIFE -- THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA BILL -- RISE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY -- KANSAS--SLAVE OR FREE -- DOUGLAS TRIUMPHANT -- TWO GREAT LEADERS -- THIS SECTION CALLED EGYPT -- LINCOLN'S FRIENDS IN EGYPT -- LINCOLN IN EGYPT -- SOME TRADITIONS -- THE BATTLE BEGINS -- DOUGLAS EN ROUTE -- LINCOLN EN ROUTE -- AT THE DEBATE -- THE DEBATE -- LINCOLN REPLIES -- DOUGLAS CLOSES -- THE DEPARTURE -- A SHORT SAD CAREER -- A TRAGIC ENDING -- INDEX OF PERSONS AND PLACES.
Scope and content: "In When Lincoln Came to Egypt, George W. Smith discusses Lincoln's various trips to southern Illinois, focusing mainly on Lincoln's most prominent visit, when he came to debate Stephen A. Douglas in Jonesboro in 1858"-- Provided by publisher.
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Originally published: Herrin, Illinois : Trovillion Private Press, 1940.

INTRODUCTION / Paul M. Angle -- AUTHOR'S PREFACE / George W. Smith -- THOSE WHO HAVE HELPED -- WHEN LINCOLN CAME TO EGYPT / George W. Smith -- WHENCE CAME THE EGYPTIANS -- LINCOLN IN PUBLIC LIFE -- THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA BILL -- RISE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY -- KANSAS--SLAVE OR FREE -- DOUGLAS TRIUMPHANT -- TWO GREAT LEADERS -- THIS SECTION CALLED EGYPT -- LINCOLN'S FRIENDS IN EGYPT -- LINCOLN IN EGYPT -- SOME TRADITIONS -- THE BATTLE BEGINS -- DOUGLAS EN ROUTE -- LINCOLN EN ROUTE -- AT THE DEBATE -- THE DEBATE -- LINCOLN REPLIES -- DOUGLAS CLOSES -- THE DEPARTURE -- A SHORT SAD CAREER -- A TRAGIC ENDING -- INDEX OF PERSONS AND PLACES.

"In When Lincoln Came to Egypt, George W. Smith discusses Lincoln's various trips to southern Illinois, focusing mainly on Lincoln's most prominent visit, when he came to debate Stephen A. Douglas in Jonesboro in 1858"-- Provided by publisher.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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