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As he should, sandburg lovingly told lincolns history from beginning to end. The prairie years and the war yearsonevolume edition the library. Nearly 10 years younger than lincoln, herndon was more widely read, more. This first edition, signed by lincoln, carl sandburg is available at bauman rare books. The prairie years and the war years distills sandburgs monumental six volume set into a single onebook edition. Blog download fiction csv file download nonfiction csv file cookbooks listmy other site. The war years is a fourvolume, 2,400 page biography focused on lincoln s presidency and death. He was the son of thomas and nancy hanks lincoln, and he was named for his paternal grandfather. Abraham lincoln volume 1 the prairie years carl sandburg.
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The prairie years is a twovolume biography of lincoln s early life written by carl sandburg and published in 1926. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. Trumpet executive editor stephen flurrys edstone book club resumed on january 16. Sandburg, like lincoln, was a son of the illinois prairie and he harbored a lifelong fascination with the sixteenth president. In a real sense, this is the definitive biography of lincoln, illustrated with photographs and reproductions of paintings, drawings and sketches. Originally published in six volumes, sandburgs abraham lincoln was called the greatest historical biography of our generation.
Its the bargain of the year i usually give my books away to circulate, but this one just might contribute too much prestige to my shelves to part with. Sandburgs popular multivolume biography abraham lincoln. A printed invitation notified lincoln that on thursday, november 19, 1863, exercises would be held for the dedication of national soldiers cemetery at gettysburg. The following list is available for download as a pdf. Value of a four volume set of abraham lincoln the war years by carl sandburg. Its the bargain of the year i usually give my books away to circulate, but this one just might. Carl sandburg felt a close tie to abraham lincoln because of similar childhood experiences. Find abraham lincoln the prairie years and the war years one volume edition by sandburg, carl at biblio. Trumpet editor in chief gerald flurry has repeatedly encouraged his readers to study history, especially the. The war years harcourt, brace and company, 1939, all four volumes of the history and goverment of the united states by jacob harris patton.
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