Abraham Lincoln
Subtitle: A Documentary Portrait Through His Speeches and Writings
Contributors: Don E. Fehrenbacher (Editor)
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: June 1, 1964
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780804709460
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Biography: general; Politics and government; Biography; History - U.S.; Lincoln, Abraham,; USA; Presidents; United States - Civil War; History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877); 1815-1861; 1809-1865; United States
First sentence: IN 1831, upon his return from a flatboat trip to New Orleans, a Lincoln took a job as storekeeper in the little village of New Salem, Illinois.