Szasz, Ferenc Morton, 1940-2010.

Abraham Lincoln and Robert Burns connected lives and legends / [electronic resource] : Ferenc Morton Szasz. - Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2008. - xii, 242 p., [10] p. of plates : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-231) and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 --Ethics.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 --Political and social views.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 --Influence.
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796 --Ethics.
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796 --Political and social views.
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796 --Influence.


Presidents--United States--Biography.
Poets, Scottish--18th century--Biography.


United States--Intellectual life--1783-1865.
Scotland--Intellectual life--18th century.


Electronic books.

E457.2 / .S96 2008eb

973.7092