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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Szasz, Ferenc Morton, 1940-2010
Language:English
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2008], ©2008.
Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Ethics.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Political and social views.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Influence.
Presidents > United States > Biography.
Burns, Robert, > 1759-1796 > Ethics.
Burns, Robert, > 1759-1796 > Political and social views.
Burns, Robert, > 1759-1796 > Influence.
Poets, Scottish > 18th century > Biography.
United States > Intellectual life > 1783-1865.
Scotland > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:xii, 242 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book
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.