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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 80
... wrote a certificate: I do sertify that I am of age and give my approbation freely for henry Sparrow to git out Lisons this or enny other day Given under my hand this day April 26th 1790 day Lucey Hanks Undersigned as witnesses were ...
... wrote later, where “the panther's scream, filled night with fear” and “bears preyed on the swine.” A lonesome country, settlers few, “about one human being to each square mile,” families two and three miles apart. They had toiled and ...
... wrote of himself , “ In his tenth year he was kicked by a horse , and apparantly killed for a time . " Instead of dying , as was half expected , he came to , saying , “ You old hussy , " thus finishing what he started to say before he ...
... wrote the same I wrote in both hast and speed and left it here for fools to read Abraham Lincoln his hand and pen shirt an ' fill his pants pockets with corn dodgers. he will be good but god knows When Dennis Hanks made an ink of ...
... wrote that the church “received Brother Thomas Lincoln by letter.” He was elected the next year with two neighbors to serve as a committee of visitors to the Gilead church, and served three years as church trustee. Strict watch was kept ...