Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie YearsThis definitive, single-volume edition of the Pulitzer Prize–winning biography delivers “a Lincoln whom no other man . . . could have given us” (New York Herald Tribune Book Review). Celebrated for his vivid depictions of the nineteenth-century American Midwest, Carl Sandburg brings unique insight to the life of Abraham Lincoln in this distinguished biography. He captures both the man who grew up on the Indiana prairie and the president who held the country together through the turbulence and tragedy of the Civil War. Based on a lifetime of research, Sandburg’s biographywas originally published as a monumental, six-volume study. The author later distilled the work down to this single-volume edition that is considered by many to be his greatest work of nonfiction. |
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... Henry Sparrow, Virginia- born, about her own age, a Revolutionary War veteran who had seen Lord Cornwallis' army surrendered to George Washington. Since his father's death in 1789 he had been caring for his widowed mother, sister and ...
... Henry Sparrow. He wanted her for a life companion and, having their license that was issued April 26, 1790, they were, on April 3, 1791, married by the Baptist preacher, the Reverend John Bailey. Lucy Hanks Sparrow proved herself a ...
... Henry Sparrow and his wife , Lucy Hanks Sparrow , rode over from Mercer County to join the wedding company . For them , as for the bride and groom , the solemn event of the day had a peculiar loveliness and Lucy could have a glad heart ...
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