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David J. Kent is an award-winning Abraham Lincoln historian and award-winning former scientist. He is the author of books on Abraham Lincoln, Nikola Tesla, and Thomas Edison. His website is davidjkent-writer.com.

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Abraham Lincoln is everywhere, or so it seems. The Lincoln Sculpture Project Map created by David Wiegers and Scott Schoeder (an LGDC board member) has reached close to 700 sculptures around the world, with new ones being added as soon as they go up. During my recent travels in the... Continue reading Read more of this blog post »

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Centennial: The Great Fair of 1876 and the Invention of America's Future

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Lincoln's Men: The President and His Private Secretaries

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Patronage, Practice, and the Culture of American Science: Alexander Dallas Bache and the U. S. Coast Survey

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