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Lincoln dreamt he died : the midnight visions of remarkable Americans from Colonial times to Freud / Andrew Burstein.

by Burstein, Andrew.

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New York City : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

United States -- History -- 19th century.

9781137278272 (hbk.) :

1137278277 (hbk.)

xx, 313 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

pt. 1. TO 1800 : -- One. George Washington Appears Before Bryan Fairfax -- Two. From a Lofty Scaffold, John Adams Spies an Elephant -- Three. Depleted of Energy, Herman Harris Leaves His Body -- pt. 2. 1801-1860 : -- Four. Eliza Chaplain Sees Angels Over Connecticut -- Five. Henry David Thoreau Gains Evidence of Reincarnation -- Six. Clay Dillard Learns a Strange Language -- pt. 3 1861-1900 : -- Seven. Lincoln Dreams He's Died -- Eight. Mark Twain Can't Resist a Mushy Apple Pie -- Epilogue : Were They Like Us?

In this innovative new book, highly regarded historian Burstein goes back for the first time to discover what people can learn about the lives and emotions of Americans, from colonial times to the beginning of the modern age.

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