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Jacket and frontispiece illustration: Mystery (cropped), by Chris Heisey

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Names: Dirck, Brian R., 1965– author

Title: The black haven : Abraham Lincoln and death / Brian R. Dirck.

Description: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2019. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018019234 | ISBN 9780809337026 (cloth; alk.paper) | ISBN 9780809337033 (e-book)

Subjects: LCSH: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865—Political and social views. | Lincoln, Abraham, 1809—1865—Religion. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809—1865—Psychology. | Death—Social aspects—United States—History—19th century.| Death—United States—Psychological aspects—History—19th century.

Classification: LCC E457.2 .D5653 2019 | DDC 973.7092—dc23

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