Lincoln’s Body: A Cultural History
Lincoln's Body explores how a president ungainly in body and downright "ugly" of aspect came to mean so much to us.The very roughness of Lincoln's appearance made him seem all the more common, one of us--as did his sense of humor about his own awkward physical nature.
Medicine & Public HealthMedicine & Public Health · low confidenceCatalog subject evidence is still thin for this record; the current assignment is provisional.Medicine & Public Health42 signalsWar & Military42 signalsAmerican History42 signalsAward Category: Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize: Civil War Era -> American HistoryKeyword Classifier: American History -> American HistoryKeyword Classifier: Medicine & Public Health -> Medicine & Public HealthMedicine, Health & the BodyPresidency & Executive PowerRegional & Local History
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| Award | Year | Result | Category / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize: Civil War Era | 2016 | Finalist | Official source |