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Author Holst, Erika, author.

Title Looking for Lincoln in Illinois : historic houses of Lincoln's Illinois / Erika Holst.

Publication Info. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2018]
©2018

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 113 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits
Physical Medium polychrome
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Summary This richly illustrated book is a guide to 22 historic houses. The sites profiled are in the 42 counties in central Illinois designated as the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area. Each building has a connection to Lincoln.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Map of Historic Houses; Introduction; Part 1. Lincoln and Family; 1. Second Lincoln-Berry Store; 2. Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site; 3. Lincoln Home National Historic Site; 4. Vachel Lindsay Home State Historic Site; Part 2. Lincoln's Friends and Colleagues; 5. Edwards Place Historic Home; 6. Elijah Iles House; 7. Shastid House; 8. Governor Richard J. Oglesby Mansion; 9. David Davis Mansion State Historic Site; 10. C.H. Moore Homestead; 11. Fithian Home; 12. Milton K. Alexander House
Part 3. Lincoln's Times and Legacy13. Governor Joseph Duncan Mansion; 14. Broadwell Inn; 15. Carl Sandburg State Historic Site; 16. Joseph Smith Homestead and Mansion House; 17. Dr. Richard Eells House; 18. John Wood Mansion; 19. William Watson Hotel; 20. Trobaugh-Good House (Homestead Prairie Farm); 21. William Reddick Mansion; 22. Bryant Cottage State Historic Site; Related Lincoln Sites; For Further Reading; Illustration Credits; Index; About the Author; Looking For Lincoln Heritage Coalition; Other Books in the Series; Back Cover
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Subject Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Homes and haunts -- Illinois -- Guidebooks.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Illinois.
Genre/Form Guidebooks.
Subject Historic sites -- Illinois -- Guidebooks.
Historic sites.
Illinois -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Guidebooks.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Guidebooks.
Added Title Historic houses of Lincoln's Illinois
Other Form: Print version: Holst, Erika. Looking for Lincoln in Illinois. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2018] 9780809336968 (DLC) 2018005132 (OCoLC)1022985673
ISBN 9780809336975 (electronic book)
0809336979 (electronic book)
9780809336968
0809336960