Lincoln in New Orleans: The 1828-1831 Flatboat Voyages and Their Place in History - Softcover

Campanella, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1935754149 ISBN 13: 9781935754145

Publisher: Univ of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2011

Synopsis

Lincoln in New Orleans: The 1828 1831 Flatboat Voyages and Their Place in History reconstructs, to levels of detail and analyses never before attempted, the nature of those two journeys and examines their influence on Lincoln's life, presidency, and subsequent historiography. It also sheds light on river commerce and New Orleans in the antebellum era.

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About the Author:

Richard Campanella is the author of five critically acclaimed books, including Bienville’s Dilemma (2008) and Geographies of New Orleans (2006). A research professor at Tulane University and associate director of the Center for Bioenvironmental Research, Campanella has won two Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities Book of the Year awards, two New Orleans-Gulf South Booksellers Association awards, four Best Book selections from the New Orleans Times-Picayune, and the Excellence in Teaching Award from the Newcomb College Institute of Tulane University. He and his wife Marina live in New Orleans.

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ of Louisiana at Lafayette
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1935754149
• ISBN 13: 9781935754145
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 380