Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years by Carl Sandburg
The Prairie Years
A lyrical, wide-ranging portrait that traces the subject’s rise from rural frontier poverty to the national stage, chronicling his self-education, early legal career, family life, political apprenticeship in Illinois, and moral and intellectual development as the nation moved toward crisis; the narrative emphasizes his humility, humor, storytelling gifts, keen sense of justice, and evolving stance on slavery while detailing the events and relationships that shaped him into a leader prepared to confront the looming sectional conflict.
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- Published
- 1926
- Nationality
- American
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- Original Language
- English
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