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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... standing over him, a shining bangle hanging down over the Indian's shoulder close to the heart. Then Tom saw the Indian's hands clutch upward, saw him double with a groan and crumple to the ground. Mordecai with a rifle at a peephole in ...
... wild turkeys approached the new log-cabin, and A.[braham] with a rifle gun, standing inside, shot through a crack and killed one of them.” Then came another sentence, “He has never since pulled a trigger on any larger game , ” making.
... stands fur me . Don't look a blamed bit like me ! " And , said Dennis , " He'd stand and study it a spell . ' Peared to mean a heap to Abe . " Having learned to read Abe read all the books he could lay his hands on . Dennis , years ...
... standing six feet, 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 ...
... granted by the Pigeon Creek Baptist Church a “letter of Dismission” showing they were regular members in good standing, this for use in Illinois. Sister Nancy Grigsby protested she was “not satisfied with Brother and Sister Lincoln.” The.