Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years, 2 Volumes

With 34 illustrations with photographs, cartoons, sketches, maps and letters.

Publication:
1926 by Harcourt, Brace and Company

Genre:
Adult Non-fiction, Biography, Non-fiction

Pages:
962

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Published

1926

Publisher

Harcourt, Brace and Company

Pages

962

Status

In Print (Reprint)

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Twenty years in the planning and then 30 years in the writing, this monumental work is the greatest biography of Abraham Lincoln ever written. The Prairie Years is in two volumes and The War Years is in four volumes.
From the Easton Press reprint

Carl Sandburg

1878 - 1967
American
Carl Sandburg, the famous American author, was world-renowned for his folk tales and songs, poetry and children's stories. His stirring biography of... See more

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