Publisher Description

Collecting fifty Abraham Lincoln sto­ries—some familiar and beloved, some fresh and unexpected—Looking for Lin­coln in Illinois: Lincoln's Springfield is a carefully research, richly illustrated guide to the Looking for Lincoln Story Trail. Created by the Lincoln Heritage Coalition, this trail consists of 215 il­lustrated story boards in sites of sig­nificance to Lincoln's life and career across fifty-two communities. Looking for Lincoln celebrates the trail as a rich historical resource, reproducing each of the existing storyboards and including twelve additional storyboards.

The storyboards of the Lincoln Story Trail connect Lincoln-related tales to the geographical locations in which they occurred in Lincoln's hometown, giving readers a tour of the social and cultural landscape of Lincoln's nineteenth-century world while revealing the very human Lincoln known by friends and associ­ates. Through texts, historic photographs and images, and a map keyed to the fifty story locations in downtown Springfield, readers of this unprecedented volume are invited to imagine social and cultural landscapes that have been lost in time.

Author Biography

Bryon C. Andreasen is the Curator of Church History at the LDS Church His­tory Museum in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. He previously was Research Historian at the Illinois Historical Preservation Agency and editor of the Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association. He currently lives in Salt Lake City, USA.

Table of Contents

Foreword Guy C. Fraker Preface Map of Springfield Map of Old State Capitol public square 1. Lincoln's Springfield 2. In Their Springfield Prime 3. The Lincoln Boys' Springfield 4. Samuel S. Ball's Bath & Barber Shop 5. C. M. & S. Smith Store 6. Lincoln's Dentist 7. Curran's Jewelry Shop 8. Lincoln's Invention 9. Mary Lincoln's Wedding Ring 10. Lincoln's Hat 11. Illinois State Register Office 12. Campaign Poles 13. Fourth Street Cottage 14. Lincoln's Temperance Address 15. Globe Tavern 16. First Presbyterian Church 17. Lincoln's Funeral Train 18. Boardinghouse Romance? 19. Chenery House 20. Brunswick's Billiard Hall 21. Stuart & Lincoln Law Office 22. Joshua Speed's Store 23. Lincoln's Last Law Office 24. Simeon Francis Home 25. The "Ball Alley" 26. Springfield Marine & Fire Insurance Company 27. Corneau & Diller Drug Store 28. Cook's Hall 29. The American House 30. William Florville's Barber Shop 31. Lincoln-Era Fire Companies 32. The Lyceum 33. Lincoln's Carriage Maker 34. Mary Lincoln's Funeral 35. The Children's Lincoln 36. Mary Lincoln's Family 37. Lincoln's Horse 38. Lincoln and Animals 39. Great Western Railroad Depot 40. Animal Problems 41. Republican Wigwams 42. Political Rallies and Parades 43. Wide-Awakes 44. Masonic Hall 45. Leaping Lincoln 46. Virgil Hickox Home 47. Clark and Ann Smith Home (Vachel Lindsay Home) 48. Illinois Executive Mansion 49. Ninian and Elizabeth Edwards Home 50. Mather's Grove

Review

"This brief volume contains a wealth of information shedding a bright light on both 'Lincoln's Springfield' and 'Springfield's Lincoln.' It is especially helpful for those wishing to know more about Lincoln sites above and beyond the home, tomb, law office, and capitol."--Michael Burlingame, Chancellor Naomi B. Lynn Distinguished Chair in Lincoln Studies, University of Illinois Springfield "This is a delightful journey along the highways and byways of the circuit traveled by lawyer Lincoln during his twenty-four year legal career. It essentially demonstrates his "experiential" rather than formal education." --Frank J. Williams, The Civil War Monitor

Review Quote

"This brief volume contains a wealth of information shedding a bright light on both 'Lincoln's Springfield' and 'Springfield's Lincoln.' It is especially helpful for those wishing to know more about Lincoln sites above and beyond the home, tomb, law office, and capitol."--Michael Burlingame, Chancellor Naomi B. Lynn Distinguished Chair in Lincoln Studies, University of Illinois Springfield "This is a delightful journey along the highways and byways of the circuit traveled by lawyer Lincoln during his twenty-four year legal career. It essentially demonstrates his "experiential" rather than formal education." --Frank J. Williams, The Civil War Monitor

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