Prize Fight Between Abram and Jeff, in Four Rounds. Stake: The Constitution of Our Fathers.
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- Title:
- Prize Fight Between Abram and Jeff, in Four Rounds. Stake: The Constitution of Our Fathers.
- Description:
- This metamorphosis book humorously depicts the fight between the Union and Confederacy (represented by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and Confederate President Jefferson Davis). The facsimile shows how the paper would have been folded so that the reader could reveal the story in four acts. Lincoln is shown coming south after Davis, who whimpers. Despite the fact that “Jeff gives Abram a stunner at Bull’s Run,” the story ends with Lincoln the victor. This ending suggests that this book was printed around 1861, when northern optimism for a quick Union victory still prevailed.
- Source:
- Photograph by Vincent Dilio. Courtesy of David M. Rubenstein.
- Citation:
- Prize Fight Between Abram and Jeff, in Four Rounds. Stake: The Constitution of Our Fathers. [N.P.: n.p.], 1860.