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Lincoln's Smile and Other Enigmas by Trachtenberg, Alan is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Lincoln's Smile and Other Enigmas about?
A new assemblage of masterly essays from a foremost scholar of American history and culture Alan Trachtenberg has always been interested in cultural artifacts that register meanings and feelings that Americans share even when they disagree about them. Some of the most beloved ones--like the famous last photograph of Abraham Lincoln, taken at the time of his second inaugural--are downright puzzling, and it is their obscure, riddlelike aspects that draw his attention in the scintillating essays of
Who reads Lincoln's Smile and Other Enigmas?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Trachtenberg, Alan
- Publisher
- Hill and Wang, a division of Farrar, Staus and Giroux
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780809042975
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Historical Fiction, Literary Criticism, Literary Collections
- Rating
- 2.75 / 5 (12 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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