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Abraham Lincoln and Robert Burns : connected lives and legends / Ferenc Morton Szasz.

Author/creator Szasz, Ferenc Morton, 1940-2010
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoCarbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2008.
Descriptionxii, 242 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subject(s)
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Ethics.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Political and social views.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Influence.
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796--Ethics.
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796--Political and social views.
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796--Influence.
Presidents--United States --Biography.
Poets, Scottish--18th century --Biography.
United States--Intellectual life --1783-1865.
Scotland--Intellectual life --18th century.
Contents Robert Burns : a brief biography -- Burns' poetry comes to America -- The Lincoln-Burns connection -- Scottish émigrés and Scottish ideas in Lincoln's world -- Burns and Lincoln in historical memory -- Epilogue : the dilemmas of democratic fame -- Appendix A : selected Burns verses -- Appendix B : selected Lincoln documents.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 211-231) and index.
LCCN 2008005349
ISBN0809328550 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780809328550 (cloth : alk. paper)

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