<p>In this brilliant and illuminating portrait of our sixteenth president, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner David Herbert Donald examines the significance of friendship in Abraham Lincoln's life and the role it played in shaping his career and his presidency. Though Lincoln had hundreds of acquaintanc
Abraham Lincoln: Friend of the People
- Publisher
- MBI
- Year
- 2016
- Category
- Fiction
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