Stories of Springfield: Life in Lincoln's Town (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781596299320)

Discover new stories about the famous characters of Springfield, Illinois, and why some of its lesser-known citizens deserve to be famous too. Learn about the first Lincoln museum and its controversial creator, the cholera epidemic that spared the town and the operators of Springfield's Underground Railroad. Unearth the mysteries of a local poet's wrenching death and "airship" sightings from the nineteenth century. From Springfield's fatal pole wars of 1844 to the invention of better dental forceps, local historian Tara McClellan McAndrew's research splices together the comic, the tragic and the completely unexpected in these chronicles from Lincoln's town.

Author: Tara McClellan McAndrew
ISBN-10: 1596299320
ISBN-13: 9781596299320
Publisher: History Press
Language: English
Published: 05/28/2010
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.80h x 6.00w x 0.40d