Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War YearsThis biography is drawn from the six volume work on Lincoln and new research uncovered since the original publication. |
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... later Spencer County , Indiana . They traveled a wild raw country , rolling land with trees everywhere , tall oaks and elms , maples , birches , dogwood , under- brush tied down by ever - winding grapevines , thin mist and winter damp ...
... later Spencer County , Indiana . They traveled a wild raw country , rolling land with trees everywhere , tall oaks and elms , maples , birches , dogwood , under- brush tied down by ever - winding grapevines , thin mist and winter damp ...
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... later , " when it got so we could keep chickens , an ' have salt pork an ' corn dodgers , an ' gyardin saas an ' mo- lasses , an ' have jeans pants an ' cowhide boots to wear , we felt as if we was gittin ' along in the world . " Eleven ...
... later , " when it got so we could keep chickens , an ' have salt pork an ' corn dodgers , an ' gyardin saas an ' mo- lasses , an ' have jeans pants an ' cowhide boots to wear , we felt as if we was gittin ' along in the world . " Eleven ...
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... later , " Lincoln took her death verry hard . " A letter of Matthew Marsh September 17 had a tone as though the postmaster Lincoln was in good health and cheer . But this tells us nothing of Lincoln's inner feelings . Later when Lincoln ...
... later , " Lincoln took her death verry hard . " A letter of Matthew Marsh September 17 had a tone as though the postmaster Lincoln was in good health and cheer . But this tells us nothing of Lincoln's inner feelings . Later when Lincoln ...
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Wilderness Beginnings | 3 |
New Salem Days | 22 |
The Young Legislator | 40 |
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