Abe Lincoln in Illinois
By: by Robert E. Sherwood
Edition: [Acting ed.].
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service
Published: 1966
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 86
ISBN-13: 9780822200017
Subjects: Drama
Description: Drama in 12 scenes. The play, which in 1939 was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for drama, concerns Lincoln's life and career--from his early, unsuccessful days as a postmaster in New Salem, Ill., through his initial forays into local politics, his relationship with Mary Todd, and his debates with Stephen Douglas, and culminates with his election to the presidency and imminent departure for Washington, D.C., 30 years later.
Notes: A play.

Pulitzer Prize for Drama, 1938.