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Dr. Tolzmann's curiosity about the possible German origins of the family (was the surname actually spelled \"Bohne\"?) has resulted in the appendix included in this work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon Heinrich Tolzmann\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1993), 2016, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, index, 238 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781556137549\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-T3754\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42401384272,"sku":"101-T3754","price":24.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-t3754-1500px.png?v=1777305528"},{"product_id":"101-l5012","title":"Lincoln and Emancipation in the District of Columbia","description":"\u003cp\u003eLincoln had long sought emancipation for the District of Columbia. As President, he was hopeful that his plan for compensated emancipation would even find some support from among the slave owners, or at least would not be too distasteful to them. The book describes the passage of his District of Columbia Emancipation Bill through Congress, the modifications made on it and its reception by the public. Lincoln learned much from this early legislation which guided him when, seven months later, he issued the Emancipation Proclamation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDr. Ladenheim, author of \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/101-l4558\" title=\"Abe Lincoln Afloat\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAbe Lincoln Afloat\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, is a life-long student of Lincoln and a former President of the Lincoln Association of Jersey City, founded 1867, the oldest Lincoln society in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ. C. 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He visited a great city, heard foreign languages spoken, saw foreign flags and watched in distress as men and women were sold off by pitiless auctioneers. He returned home by steamboat, realizing every boy's prayers, and thereafter held himself out as an experienced river man.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe author, a retired neurosurgeon, has been a lifelong Lincoln student and a former president of the Abraham Lincoln Association of Jersey City, the oldest Lincoln society in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ. C. 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As a part of the celebration of the new century, the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, would provide an ideal opportunity for America to showcase its technological advances, and provide citizens of the world with a glimpse of what was to come. Sadly, part of that glimpse would include assassination. William McKinley was the 25th President of the United States and served from 1897-1901. At the time of his death, McKinley was perhaps, with the exception of Washington, the most popular sitting President in history. Some disagreed with his policies, but nearly everyone liked the amiable President personally. Unlike his two martyred predecessors, Lincoln and Garfield, McKinley was struck down for reasons that even today are difficult to fathom. McKinley was a target simply because he was the President. When Leon Czolgosz struck, he had nothing against McKinley, the man. It was the office Czolgosz attacked. 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