From the Book - First edition.
Part I. The public body (1840-1865)
The martyr and his relics
African Americans and their emancipator
Rolling funeral, living corpse
Part II. The enshrined body (1865-1909)
The first Lincoln memorials
Black emancipation, White reunion
Celebrating the Centenary of 1909
Part III. The national body (1909-2015)
Solidifying the Lincoln cult: two memorials
The hero on screen, from Griffith to Gage
Standing in Lincoln's shadow
Lincoln sightings at the bicentenary: Obama, Disney, Spielberg.