Abraham Lincoln
Subtitle: The Man Behind the Myths
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: January 5, 1994
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780060924720
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Biography: historical; Biography: political; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; c 1800 to c 1900; Presidents; U.S. History - Civil War And Reconstruction (1860-1877); Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; United States - Civil War; Biography/Autobiography; USA; Presidents & Heads of State; Historical - U.S.; Biography & Autobiography / General; 1809-1865; Biography; Lincoln, Abraham,; United States
First sentence: In 1858, against a backdrop of heightening sectional tensions over slavery, Abraham Lincoln stood in the Great Hall of the Illinois House of Representatives, warning his countrymen that a house divided against itself could not stand.