Lincoln the Politician: How the Rail-splitter and Flatboatman Played the Great American Game |
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... became bashful and reserved . The country was unhealthy and abounded in strange maladies for which there were few remedies . The doctors , who were scarce , employed " yarbs , " calomel and " corn sweats , " the latter a horrible ...
... became bashful and reserved . The country was unhealthy and abounded in strange maladies for which there were few remedies . The doctors , who were scarce , employed " yarbs , " calomel and " corn sweats , " the latter a horrible ...
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... became more im- portant . His desultory farm work gave him time for relaxation among his kind . He got hold of a copy of the Indiana Statutes , not then so numerous as today , and studied them with avidity . Trials before local justices ...
... became more im- portant . His desultory farm work gave him time for relaxation among his kind . He got hold of a copy of the Indiana Statutes , not then so numerous as today , and studied them with avidity . Trials before local justices ...
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... became their medium of communica- tion and undertook to interest Greeley to get in touch with the four , with the idea of producing a peace negotiation . Greeley placed the proposition before Lincoln , who replied on July 9 , 1864 ...
... became their medium of communica- tion and undertook to interest Greeley to get in touch with the four , with the idea of producing a peace negotiation . Greeley placed the proposition before Lincoln , who replied on July 9 , 1864 ...
Contents
Shaky | 186 |
Three to One You Dont Get | 192 |
The Inside Track | 208 |
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