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Lincoln runs for Congress : A publication of the Abraham Lincoln Assn., Springfield, Ill by Prof. Donald W. Riddle is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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“THIS study of Lincoln’s campaign for nomination and election to Congress is offered as a report of an episode in Western history, rather than as a chapter of Lincoln biography. In the broadest sense it is a documentation of the Frederick Jackson Turner hypothesis of the significance of the frontier. Its potential contribution to Lincoln biography is within the framework of frontier history. The regional factors in the settlement of Illinois enable the understanding of the emergence of political attitudes and parties in a frontier state, and Lincoln’s early career can be understood as the issues and viewpoints of Illinois politicians were shaped by the regional influences in western settlement. “If the estimate of Congressman A. G. Riddle—that Lincoln was a consummate manager of men—is correct, Lincoln’s finesse in political technique is discovered to be no sudden acquisition at the time of his election to the presidency, but a skill developed in the formative days of his career as an Illinois politician. Lincoln’s ability as a minority President is much more readily understood when his leadership in a minority party in his state is studied. His success in handling the border slave

Who reads Lincoln runs for Congress : A publication of the Abraham Lincoln Assn., Springfield, Ill?

Author

Prof. Donald W. Riddle

Publisher

Pickle Partners Publishing

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781787209367

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Humanities