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Abraham Lincoln and Robert Burns [electronic resource] : connected lives and legends / Ferenc Morton Szasz.

By: Szasz, Ferenc Morton, 1940-2010.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2008Description: xii, 242 p., [10] p. of plates : ill.Subject(s): 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 centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 973.7092 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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.
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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. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.