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Abraham Lincoln - Biography
โ Scribed by Benjamin P. Thomas
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Year
- 1952
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 599
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Table of Contents
?The short and simple annals of the poor? -- Young man on his own -- Frontier legislator : his love affairs -- Courtship and marriage -- Lawyer-politician -- The gentleman from Illinois -- Echoes of national conflict -- Lincoln re-enters politics -- A political plunge -- Defeated for the senate -- The making of a president -- Peace or a sword -- A war for democracy -- Shadows on the White House -- McClellan in command -- ?The occasion is piled high with difficulty? -- The signs look better -- ?There are no Lincoln men? -- Profile of a president -- To bind up the nation{u2019}s wounds -- Lincoln literature
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