Author : Richard Campanella
Release : 2010
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Lincoln in New Orleans by : Richard Campanella
Download or read book Lincoln in New Orleans written by Richard Campanella. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lincoln in New Orleans reconstructs, to levels of detail and analyses never before attempted, the nature of Lincoln's two flatboat journeys to New Orleans and examines their influence on Lincoln's life, presidency, and subsequent historiography. It also sheds light on river commerce and New Orleans in the antebellum era.