{"product_id":"lincolns-gift-from-homer-new-martin-a-sweeney-9780786463695","title":"Lincoln's Gift from Homer, New York: A Painter, an Editor and a Detective","description":"Although Illinois enjoys the indisputable title of \"The Land of Lincoln,\" one small town in New York State played a significant role in the sixteenth president's history. Three native sons of Homer--a detective, a journalist, and a painter--helped inscribe Abraham Lincoln's place in the nation's iconic imagery. Private investigator Eli DeVoe foiled an assassination plot against Lincoln before his first inauguration; journalist William Osborn Stoddard, an early Lincoln supporter, became an influential secretary of the president; and artist Francis Bicknell Carpenter painted \u003ci\u003eThe First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the Cabinet\u003c\/i\u003e, which still hangs in the U.S. Capitol. This exploration of these men and the town that produced them offers insight into the complexities of presidential image-making, and reveals why a small New York town has become a choice destination for Lincoln historians.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martin A. Sweeney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0786463694\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786463695\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland and Company, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/27\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d","brand":"Martin A. Sweeney","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46401252753663,"sku":"9780786463695","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_708eb583-4464-49a2-b7d1-55ed8bf5da42.jpg?v=1733887173","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lincolns-gift-from-homer-new-martin-a-sweeney-9780786463695","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}