The Resource How Lincoln learned to read : twelve great Americans and the educations that made them, Daniel Wolff
How Lincoln learned to read : twelve great Americans and the educations that made them, Daniel Wolff
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The item How Lincoln learned to read : twelve great Americans and the educations that made them, Daniel Wolff represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evanston Public Library.
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- Summary
- Wolff presents a provocative history of American ideas, told through the educations (both in and out of school) of 12 great figures, from Benjamin Franklin to Elvis Presley
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First U.S. edition
- Extent
- 345 pages
- Isbn
- 9781596912908
- Label
- How Lincoln learned to read : twelve great Americans and the educations that made them
- Title
- How Lincoln learned to read
- Title remainder
- twelve great Americans and the educations that made them
- Statement of responsibility
- Daniel Wolff
- Subject
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- Biographies
- Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964
- Du Bois, W. E. B., (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
- Education -- United States -- History
- Ford, Henry
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
- Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
- Keller, Helen, 1880-1968
- Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- Presley, Elvis, 1935-1977
- Truth, Sojourner, 1799-1883
- United States -- Biography
- Winnemucca, Sarah, 1844?-1891
- Kennedy, John F., (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Wolff presents a provocative history of American ideas, told through the educations (both in and out of school) of 12 great figures, from Benjamin Franklin to Elvis Presley
- Biography type
- collective biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Wolff, Daniel J
- Dewey number
- 370.973
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- LA205
- LC item number
- .W65 2009
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Franklin, Benjamin
- Adams, Abigail
- Jackson, Andrew
- Truth, Sojourner
- Lincoln, Abraham
- Winnemucca, Sarah
- Ford, Henry
- Du Bois, W. E. B.
- Keller, Helen
- Carson, Rachel
- Kennedy, John F.
- Presley, Elvis
- Education
- United States
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- How Lincoln learned to read : twelve great Americans and the educations that made them, Daniel Wolff
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-334) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- First U.S. edition
- Extent
- 345 pages
- Isbn
- 9781596912908
- Isbn Type
- (hc.)
- Lccn
- 2008024695
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)ocn232257031
- (Sirsi) o232257031
- (OCoLC)232257031
- Label
- How Lincoln learned to read : twelve great Americans and the educations that made them, Daniel Wolff
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-334) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- First U.S. edition
- Extent
- 345 pages
- Isbn
- 9781596912908
- Isbn Type
- (hc.)
- Lccn
- 2008024695
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn232257031
- (Sirsi) o232257031
- (OCoLC)232257031
Subject
- Biographies
- Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964
- Du Bois, W. E. B., (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
- Education -- United States -- History
- Ford, Henry
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
- Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
- Keller, Helen, 1880-1968
- Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- Presley, Elvis, 1935-1977
- Truth, Sojourner, 1799-1883
- United States -- Biography
- Winnemucca, Sarah, 1844?-1891
- Kennedy, John F., (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
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