Lincoln the Inventor
- ISBN-10
- 0809328984
- ISBN-13
- 9780809328987
- Series
- Lincoln the Inventor
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 111
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-01-15
- Publisher
- SIU Press
- Author
- Jason Emerson
Description
Offers a treatment of Abraham Lincoln's invention of a device to buoy vessels over shoals. This book shows how, when, where, and why Lincoln created his invention and demonstrates how his penchant for inventions and discoveries informed his political belief in internal improvements and free-labor principles.
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