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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... told her. She read their Bible. One who knew her well said she was “a ready reader.” She was a believer and knew—so much of what she believed was yonder—always yonder. Every day came cooking, keeping the fire going, scrubbing, washing ...
... told them, “Nancy's got a boy baby.” A half-sheepish look was in his eyes, as though maybe more babies were not wanted in Kentucky just then. Dennis Hanks took to his feet down the road to the Lincoln cabin. There he saw Nancy Hanks on ...
... told later how one Saturday afternoon other boys planted the corn in what was called " the big field ” of seven acres . “ I dropped the pumpkin seed . I dropped two seeds every other hill and every other row . The next Sunday morning ...
... told Abe as the boy looked up at a strong , large - boned , rosy woman , with a kindly face and eyes , a steady voice , steady ways . From the first she was warm and friendly for Abe's hands to touch . And his hands roved with curiosity ...
... told it . He read many hours in the family Bible , the only book in their cabin . He borrowed and read Aesop's Fables , Pilgrim's Progress , Robinson Crusoe , Grimshaw's History of the United States , and Weems ' The Life of George ...