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Abraham Lincoln.


Abraham Lincoln

Tony Wolk

Ooligan Press

Department of English Noun 1. department of English - the academic department responsible for teaching English and American literature
English department

academic department - a division of a school that is responsible for a given subject
, Portland State University

PO Box 751, Portland, OR 97207-0751

0932010009, $14.95, www.ooliganpress.pdx.edu

Thrust ninety years into the future, what would Abraham Lincoln think of the United States of America UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The name of this country. The United States, now thirty-one in number, are Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, ? "Abraham Lincoln: A Novel Life" asks that what if question as it follows Lincoln as he walks through 1955 America--and his experiences as a man thrust forward where he is idolized i·dol·ize  
tr.v. i·dol·ized, i·dol·iz·ing, i·dol·iz·es
1. To regard with blind admiration or devotion. See Synonyms at revere1.

2. To worship as an idol.
 as an icon of the country he led for years prior to his sudden rush forward in time. A novel concept for a novel, and deftly deft  
adj. deft·er, deft·est
Quick and skillful; adroit. See Synonyms at dexterous.



[Middle English, gentle, humble, variant of dafte, foolish; see daft.
 written to back it up, "Abraham Lincoln: A Novel Life" is highly recommended for community library historical fiction collections as a different kind of historical fiction collection.
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