From Rail Splitter to Icon Lincoln's Image in Illustrated Periodicals 1860-1965 Cartoon Images Journalism Comics Civil War history books

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This is a near fine (almost like new) larger coffee table style hardcover with dust jacket. 2001 Kent State University Press. This copy is still crisp and clean inside and out. The inside pages are crisp and clean. The binding is tight and straight. Blue hardcover boards under jacket are also near fine with barely a hint of shelf wear. The accompanying dust jacket is clean with only very light shelf wear. Imperial octavo book size or 8.5" x 11" with 387 pages.

From Rail Splitter to Icon by Gary L. Bunker is subtitled Lincoln's Image in Illustrated Periodicals 1860-1865. It is an illustrated history of the development of Lincoln's public profile as enriched by editorial, news, and satirical content from periodicals. The art is when into a topical narrative. The images originally appeared in publications such as Comic Monthly, New York Illustrated news, Southern Punch and Yankee Nations. The book shows the evolution of public opinion towards Lincoln, the dynamics of the Civil War, art, culture and politics.

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