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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... coming back from trips to Kentucky, had been telling of valleys there rich with black land and blue grass, game and fish, tall timber and clear running waters. It called to him, that country Boone talked about, where land was 40 cents ...
... came a big rain in the hills , it did not rain a drop in the valley but the water coming down through the gorges washed ground , com , pumpkin seeds and all clear off the field . ” Again there were quiet and anxious days in 1812 when.
... coming in on them . Dennis said " Aunt Sairy , " the new mother , " had faculty and didn't ' pear to be hurried or worried none , " that she got Tom to put in a floor and make " some good beds and cheers . " Abe , like Dennis , said ...
... coming back to the boat bleeding. Lincoln laid a bandanna on a gash over his right eye that left a scar for life as it healed. Then they cut loose the boat and moved down the river. At New Orleans they sold their cargo and flatboat and ...
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