"Mining local newspapers and the holdings of local historical societies, author William Hanna presents a well-written narrative of Lincoln’s dozen-day campaign swing. . . . Serious students of the sixteenth president will welcome Hanna's slender, fine-grained study, first published more than three decades ago, but now made widely available in this affordable new edition from Southern Illinois University Press."—Brian Matthew Jordan, Civil War Monitor
"A unique and impressively informative work of original historical scholarship, Abraham among the Yankees is an especially appropriate and recommended addition to personal, community, and academic library 19th Century American History collections in general, and Lincoln Studies curriculum reading lists in particular."—James A. Cox, Midwest Book Review
“Written with charm and verve, Abraham among the Yankees remains the best account of what is the least known of Lincoln’s speech-making sojourns. William F. Hanna is to be commended for producing this concise and engaging study.”—Thomas A. Horrocks, author of Lincoln’s Campaign Biographies
“Abraham among the Yankees provides a brief but revealing glimpse into the life and career of an obscure Illinois lawyer-politician named Abraham Lincoln before he became the historical figure of world renown. Thoroughly researched and engagingly written, Hanna’s study stands as the definitive account of the only political visit Lincoln ever made to Massachusetts.”—John C. Rodrigue, author of Lincoln and Reconstruction
