Lincoln's Body A Cultural History [Paperback]

Highly readable . . . Skillfully depicts how varied have been the uses that Americans have made of their greatest president.Deftly traces the high-stakes cultural battlewaged in poetry, prose, art, and filmover the meaning of Lincoln, man and myth, from his day to our own.With subtle analysis and supple writing, preeminent cultural historian Richard Wightman Fox is especially insightful on the African-American experiences of Lincoln. Readers will sense from the first page that this is a book they will want to linger over in their delight.[A]n astonishingly interesting interpretation. . . . Fox is wonderfully shrewd and often dazzling.Jill Lepore,