In Freeport, Illinois, just beyond the somnolent downtown, a small park near the Pecatonica River is wedged next to the public library. In the mid-19th century, however, land along the shore stretched ...

Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand, the Democratic nominee running to replace Republican Governor Kim Reynolds, agreed to a series ...

Introduction: From Lincoln and Douglas to Nixon and Kennedy -- The least man I ever saw -- Take care of your old Whigs -- A David greater than Goliath -- For God's sake, Linder, come up -- In the face ...

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ANAC copy 39088001315837 from the Daniel Boorstin American Civilization Collection. pt. I. Introductory. 1958: The crisis in historical judgment ; 1858: Lincoln versus Douglas ; The alternatives. -- ...

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One of America’s sunnier national convictions is that when people disagree it is useful, even virtuous, for competing sides to make their cases to the public. We wrap this belief in decorum and ...

Lincoln and incumbent senator Douglas squared off, of course, in the most famous debates in American history. The Illinois encounters would reshape the nation's bitter argument over slavery, transform ...