Archive for June, 2010
Two LincolnStudies.com Contributors to be Published in the JALA
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010Two LincolnStudies.com contributors will be published in upcoming editions of The Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association. Readers of LincolnStudies.com are familiar with Lewis Gannett. Back in April 2008, he contributed an insightful article on the “Tripp Thesis” that inspired spirited discussion here. Since then, Gannett has been busy! His extended article on Ann Rutledge [...]
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter?
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010Books about Abraham Lincoln have traditionally sold well. In recent times, a number of television shows, movies, and books about vampires have popped up. Perhaps it was inevitable. Best-selling author Seth Grahame-Smith’s new book, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, has certainly garnered a lot of publicity in recent months. The marketing campaign behind the book has been particularly intriguing. Several [...]
New Items on Display at Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010It was the best-selling novel of the 19th Century. Published in 1852, more than 300,000 copies of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin were sold in the United States. As the decade progressed and tension over slavery intensified, sales of the book continued to climb. By 1862, more than two million copies were in circulation. The [...]