When Lincoln came to Egypt [electronic resource] /George W. Smith ; with a foreword by Daniel W. Stowell.
By: Smith, George Washington [author.].
Contributor(s): Project Muse.
Material type: BookPublisher: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2016. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780809335534; 0809335530.Subject(s): Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold), 1813-1861 | Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Political career before 1861 | Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Travel -- Illinois | HISTORY / United States / 19th Century | HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) | Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858 | Political candidates -- Illinois -- Biography | Politicians -- Illinois -- Biography | Jonesboro (Ill.) -- Politics and government -- 19th century | Illinois -- Politics and government -- To 1865Genre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 973.7092 | B Online resources: Full text available:Originally published: Herrin, Illinois : Trovillion Private Press, 1940.
INTRODUCTION / Paul M. Angle -- AUTHOR'S PREFACE / George W. Smith -- THOSE WHO HAVE HELPED -- WHEN LINCOLN CAME TO EGYPT / George W. Smith -- WHENCE CAME THE EGYPTIANS -- LINCOLN IN PUBLIC LIFE -- THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA BILL -- RISE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY -- KANSAS--SLAVE OR FREE -- DOUGLAS TRIUMPHANT -- TWO GREAT LEADERS -- THIS SECTION CALLED EGYPT -- LINCOLN'S FRIENDS IN EGYPT -- LINCOLN IN EGYPT -- SOME TRADITIONS -- THE BATTLE BEGINS -- DOUGLAS EN ROUTE -- LINCOLN EN ROUTE -- AT THE DEBATE -- THE DEBATE -- LINCOLN REPLIES -- DOUGLAS CLOSES -- THE DEPARTURE -- A SHORT SAD CAREER -- A TRAGIC ENDING -- INDEX OF PERSONS AND PLACES.
"In When Lincoln Came to Egypt, George W. Smith discusses Lincoln's various trips to southern Illinois, focusing mainly on Lincoln's most prominent visit, when he came to debate Stephen A. Douglas in Jonesboro in 1858"-- Provided by publisher.
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