The Global Lincoln

[Eva Elisabeth]

See: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/s/ref=is_box...al+lincoln

I have only read three chapters yet, but that's enough to highly recommend "The Global Lincoln" to anyone interested in Lincoln's legacy and worldwide meaning then as now. It contains such a wide scope of different and fascinating information and topics, I can hardly stop reading. Each chapter was written by a different author, here's a bit of the TOC:
http://books.google.de/books?id=Gs_1lpJv...ch_r&cad=1

One chapter, entitled "An American Hero in Prints Abroad: The European Image of Lincoln" was written by Harold Holzer. One funny excerpt from this chapter: To adjust Lincoln to the European ideal of gentlemanly refinement, a lot of touch-up was done.
E.g. D.J. Pound of London "consistently softened the harsh lines in Lincoln's weather-beaten face, abbreviated his generous mouth, and occasionally tinted his (clean-shaven) cheeks. The result was, one might say, almost English."
   
...well, just to compare:
   

And this was the French version: