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Abraham Lincoln: A History - Volume 1
John Hay and John G. Nicolay
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This is the biography of Abraham Lincoln, written by two of his private secretaries.
This is the biography of Abraham Lincoln, written by two of his private secretaries.
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Community Reviews
A Lincoln biography?
How do you judge a biography about Abraham Lincoln when he gradually fades into the background and the final quarter of the book he is not even mentioned. It starts promisingly enough but at the midway point he just becomes a secondary character in his own biography. As important
Repeating history in 2020...geez
Wow, this was actually a fascinating read!
Maybe things will change in subsequent volumes but this volume spends a lot of time talking about what’s going on in the country whether it involves Lincoln or not.. For example the last several chapters of this book are all about the foment in Kansas around slavery. Interesting but too many details
This is excellent and it provides a lot of information that I did not know. As a New Englander I grew up with a view of the Civil War as it being all about abolition and it was very clear black and white views. This blog shows a different view of people living in the Western front tier of Illinois M