Your Friend Forever, A. Lincoln : : The Enduring Friendship of Abraham Lincoln and Joshua Speed /

Your Friend Forever, A. Lincoln : : The Enduring Friendship of Abraham Lincoln and Joshua Speed / / Charles Strozier.

On April 15, 1837, a "long, gawky" Abraham Lincoln walked into Joshua Speed's dry-goods store in Springfield, Illinois, and asked what it would cost to buy the materials for a bed. Speed said seventeen dollars, which Lincoln didn't have. He asked for a loan to cover that amount u...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
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Strozier, Charles,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2016]
©2016
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (352 p.) :; 20 figures
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • A Note on Sources
  • 1. Beginnings
  • 2. Two Friends, One Bed
  • 3. Friendship
  • 4. Depression
  • 5. Sex and Prostitution
  • 6. Broken Engagement
  • 7. The Winter of Discontent
  • 8. Kentucky Bluegrass
  • 9. Homeward Bound
  • 10. A Vicarious Romance
  • 11. Mary Todd, Once Again
  • 12. The Crucible of Greatness
  • Conclusions: On Friendship
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Index

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