Abraham Lincoln: The War Years, Volume 1

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Harcourt, Brace, 1939 - Biography & Autobiography - 400 pages
Focuses on Lincoln and his presidency during the Civil War.

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AMERICAWHITHER?
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FROM SPRINGFIELD TO WASHINGTON
35
PEACE EFFORTS FAIL
85
Copyright

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About the author (1939)

CARL SANDBURG (1878-1967) was twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize, first in 1940 for his biography of Abraham Lincoln and again in 1951 for Complete Poems. Before becoming known as a poet, he worked as a milkman, an ice harvester, a dishwasher, a salesman, a fireman, and a journalist. Among his classics are the Rootabaga Stories, which he wrote for his young daughters at the beginning of his long and distinguished literary career.

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TitleAbraham Lincoln: The War Years, Volume 1
Volume 1 of Abraham Lincoln: The War Years : with 426 Half-tones of Photographs, and 244 Cuts of Cartoons, Letters, Documents, Carl Sandburg
Abraham Lincoln: The War Years, Carl Sandburg
AuthorCarl Sandburg
PublisherHarcourt, Brace, 1939
ISBN0151016046, 9780151016044
Length400 pages
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Biography & Autobiography / General
Biography & Autobiography / Presidents & Heads of State
  
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