--- product_id: 809284004 title: "Lincoln the Inventor (Concise Lincoln Library)" price: "€ 41.85" currency: EUR in_stock: false reviews_count: 5 url: https://www.desertcart.fr/products/809284004-lincoln-the-inventor-concise-lincoln-library store_origin: FR region: France --- # Lincoln the Inventor (Concise Lincoln Library) **Price:** € 41.85 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Lincoln the Inventor (Concise Lincoln Library) - **How much does it cost?** € 41.85 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.fr](https://www.desertcart.fr/products/809284004-lincoln-the-inventor-concise-lincoln-library) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Lincoln the Inventor (Concise Lincoln Library) [Emerson, Jason] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Lincoln the Inventor (Concise Lincoln Library) Review: Ex Library Trash - The book itself is a well written and an important book about Lincoln. However the copy I received is a piece of junk. It is an ex library book, full of marker, stickers, and a hideous piece of plastic wrapping it. It smells terrible, too. These should be correctly described. Review: "I Have Invented a New and Improved..." - "Be it known that I have invented a new and improved manner of combining adjustable buoyant air chambers with a steamboat or other vessel for the purpose of enabling their draught of water to be readily lessened to enable them to pass over bars, or through shallow water, without discharging their cargoes." So begins the text of United States Patent #6,469 awarded to Abraham Lincoln for a method of "Buoying Vessels Over Shoals." Lincoln's invention, his penchant for things scientific and mechanical, and his lecture "Discoveries and Inventions" is the subject of a terrific new book - Lincoln, the Inventor - by Jason Emerson, author of The Madness of Mary Lincoln. I purchased the book yesterday, stayed up last night to read it, and was not disappointed. Here are some hi-lights for me: 1) The book is short (about 50 pages of text with another 25 pages of Appendices). Jason Emerson makes no apologies for the shortness. In fact, he is disappointed that "the publication of short books and monographs has lessened extensively in recent years," adding, " The page count of a work should have no impact on its overall historical, literary, or pedagogical value." (p. xiii) Indeed! Mr. Emerson packs a lot of information into this short book and it is supported by a great amount of scholarship. 2) In the first part of the book, Mr. Emerson describes Lincoln's general interest in science and invention and how that played out in his personal life (he devoured books on astronomy, geometry, and mechanics), his legislative agenda (he supported infrastructure projects), and as an inventor himself (somewhat to the chagrin of his peers). I was familiar with some of the information and anecdotes from my own reading and research on Lincoln, but Mr. Emerson goes much farther. Of particular interest is his description of some of lawyer-Lincoln's patent cases. 3) In the second part of the book, Mr. Emerson concentrates on Lincoln's lecture, "Discoveries and Inventions." Of particular interest here are newspaper and first-person accounts of the reception of the lecture, and - more important - excerpts from newly discovered correspondence revealing a lost handwritten and bound copy of the lecture. It would wonderful if this became the next big find of Lincolnia. The book includes appendices of the patent as well as the text of the lecture (such as we know it). Mr. Emerson drew on an impressive array of archives, period newspapers, and secondary sources in telling a focused by terrific story. ***Highly recommended*** ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #3,304,488 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #2,285 in American Civil War Biographies (Books) #2,636 in US Presidents #7,241 in U.S. Civil War History | | Customer Reviews | 2.8 2.8 out of 5 stars (7) | | Dimensions | 5 x 0.3 x 8 inches | | Edition | First Edition | | ISBN-10 | 0809338815 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0809338818 | | Item Weight | 4.8 ounces | | Language | English | | Print length | 116 pages | | Publication date | September 19, 2022 | | Publisher | Southern Illinois University Press | ## Images ![Lincoln the Inventor (Concise Lincoln Library) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61pkw5Pub3L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐ Ex Library Trash *by A***S on October 8, 2025* The book itself is a well written and an important book about Lincoln. However the copy I received is a piece of junk. It is an ex library book, full of marker, stickers, and a hideous piece of plastic wrapping it. It smells terrible, too. These should be correctly described. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "I Have Invented a New and Improved..." *by J***T on March 19, 2009* "Be it known that I have invented a new and improved manner of combining adjustable buoyant air chambers with a steamboat or other vessel for the purpose of enabling their draught of water to be readily lessened to enable them to pass over bars, or through shallow water, without discharging their cargoes." So begins the text of United States Patent #6,469 awarded to Abraham Lincoln for a method of "Buoying Vessels Over Shoals." Lincoln's invention, his penchant for things scientific and mechanical, and his lecture "Discoveries and Inventions" is the subject of a terrific new book - Lincoln, the Inventor - by Jason Emerson, author of The Madness of Mary Lincoln. I purchased the book yesterday, stayed up last night to read it, and was not disappointed. Here are some hi-lights for me: 1) The book is short (about 50 pages of text with another 25 pages of Appendices). Jason Emerson makes no apologies for the shortness. In fact, he is disappointed that "the publication of short books and monographs has lessened extensively in recent years," adding, " The page count of a work should have no impact on its overall historical, literary, or pedagogical value." (p. xiii) Indeed! Mr. Emerson packs a lot of information into this short book and it is supported by a great amount of scholarship. 2) In the first part of the book, Mr. Emerson describes Lincoln's general interest in science and invention and how that played out in his personal life (he devoured books on astronomy, geometry, and mechanics), his legislative agenda (he supported infrastructure projects), and as an inventor himself (somewhat to the chagrin of his peers). I was familiar with some of the information and anecdotes from my own reading and research on Lincoln, but Mr. Emerson goes much farther. Of particular interest is his description of some of lawyer-Lincoln's patent cases. 3) In the second part of the book, Mr. Emerson concentrates on Lincoln's lecture, "Discoveries and Inventions." Of particular interest here are newspaper and first-person accounts of the reception of the lecture, and - more important - excerpts from newly discovered correspondence revealing a lost handwritten and bound copy of the lecture. It would wonderful if this became the next big find of Lincolnia. The book includes appendices of the patent as well as the text of the lecture (such as we know it). Mr. Emerson drew on an impressive array of archives, period newspapers, and secondary sources in telling a focused by terrific story. ***Highly recommended*** ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Lincoln the inventor- a useful historical snippet! *by W***R on December 27, 2014* Review of ‘Lincoln the inventor’ by Jason Emerson CITATION: Emerson, J. (2009). Lincoln the inventor. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press. Reviewer: Dr William P. Palmer Abraham Lincoln was the only United States President to have successfully filed a Patent. He was said to have a mechanical turn of mind.The book ‘Lincoln the inventor’ is a short one of just 111 pages, though without the appendices, references etc. the written text is reduced to only 53 pages. There are several very good black and white sketches, which illustrate Lincoln’s patented invention of a ‘device to buoy vessels over shoals’. The book concentrates on this invention, which has in general been ignored by other biographers, so we are given an insight into an aspect of Lincoln’s inventive and mechanical character. Lincoln was believed to have written two lectures on the subject of invention that have been considered inferior to other materials that he produced. The two lectures are now generally considered to be the first and second parts of a single lecture which Lincoln tried to use as a fundraiser, though he had little success in this regard. The books author, Jason Emerson, still hopes that a full text of the lecture may be found one day, but readers of this book can see for themselves what is currently available of Lincoln’s thoughts on invention. A useful historical snippet! 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