Looking for Lincoln in Illinois : Lincoln and Mormon country
- Responsibility
- Bryon C. Andreasen.
- Publication
- Carbondale, [Illinois] : Southern Illinois University Press, [2015]
- Copyright notice
- ©2015
- Physical description
- xii, 115 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), portraits (some color) ; 23 cm
Description
Creators/Contributors
- Author/Creator
- Andreasen, Bryon C. author.
Contents/Summary
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (page 103) and index.
- Contents
-
- Introduction: did Abraham Lincoln meet Joseph Smith?
- Part I. Nauvoo
- Lincoln and Nauvoo
- Unsuccessful peacemaker
- Nauvoo and Lincoln's Whig rivals
- Abraham Jonas, Whig politician
- The battle of Nauvoo
- Mormon emissary to Lincoln
- Daniel Wells, Nauvoo Whig
- Stephen A. Douglas and Nauvoo
- Lincoln and Joseph Smith III
- The president and the apostle
- Lincoln and the gunsmith
- Part II. Carthage
- Hancock County's Lincoln
- Lincoln's failed murder case
- Lincoln's Carthage speech
- Lincoln's agricultural world
- Hamilton House
- Lincoln's "confidential friend"
- Part III. Greater Hancock County
- Lincoln comes to Dallas City
- Lincoln in La Harpe
- The other Abraham Lincoln
- Lincoln campaigns in Augusta
- Lincoln's Warsaw secretary
- Part IV. Nauvoo-to-Springfield travel route
- Lincoln-era Plymouth
- Lincoln's Rushville reception
- Captain Dutch's Halfway House
- Part V. Springfield
- Globe Tavern
- James Adams residence
- Federal Court Room (Tinsley Building)
- Old State Capitol
- The American House
- Part VI. Zion's camp routes
- Macon County: first home and sham battle
- Jacksonville: politics and preaching
- Quincy: debate site and city of refuge.
- Summary
-
The intertwining histories of Lincoln and the MormonsAlthough they inhabited different political, social, and cultural arenas, Abraham Lincoln and the pioneer generation of Latterday Saints, or Mormons, shared the same nineteenthcentury world. Bryon C. Andreasen's Looking for Lincoln in Illinois: Lincoln and Mormon Country relates more than thirty fascinating and surprising stories that show how the lives of Lincoln and the Mormons intersected.This richly illustrated and carefully researched book expands on some of the storyboards found on the Looking for Lincoln Story Trail from the Mormon capital of Nauvoo to the state capital of Springfield. Created by the Looking for Lincoln Heritage Coalition, this trail consists of wayside exhibits posted in sites of significance to Lincoln's life and career across fiftytwo communities in Illinois. The book's keyed maps, historic photos, and descriptions of events at inns, federal buildings, battles, Mormon expeditions, and even Lincoln's first Illinois log cabin connect the stories to their physical locations.Exploring the intriguing question of whether Lincoln and Mormon founder Joseph Smith ever met, the book reveals that they traveled the same routes and likely stayed at the same inns. The book also includes colorful and engaging looks at key figures such as Brigham Young, various Mormon apostles, Mormon gunsmith Jonathan Browning, and more. For example, the author relates that Lincoln visited Browning in Quincy, and upon learning that Browning had once traded a gun for a Bible, quipped that it was like "turning swords into plowshares." Anyone inspired by Lincoln, as well as Mormon and Illinois history enthusiasts, will appreciate this look back at a longpast, but not forgotten, landscape.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)
Subjects
Bibliographic information
- Publication date
- 2015
- Copyright date
- 2015
- ISBN
- 9780809333844 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0809333848 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780809333851 (e-book)
- 0809333856 (e-book)
Acquired with support from
Browse related items
Start at call number:
