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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... Nearly a year passed and Lucy Hanks and her way of living pleased 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 ...
... nearly eight, erected a cabin 18 by 20 feet, with a loft. Abe later wrote that he “though very young, was large of his age, and had an axe put into his hands at once; and was almost constantly handling that most useful instrument.” The ...
... nearly a mile to fetch spring water . Tom dug several wells but they all went dry . They were part of the American Frontier , many others like them breaking ground never before broken , settling a new midwest country . On wagons by ...
... nearly 20 miles away , and borrowed a book he heard Pitcher had . A few days later , with his father and Dennis and John Hanks he shucked corn from early daylight till sundown . Then after supper he read the book till midnight , and ...
... nearly four inches, long-armed with rare strength in his muscles. At 18 he could take an ax at the end of the handle and hold it out from his shoulders in a straight horizontal line, easy and steady. He could make his ax flash and bite ...