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From pioneer home to the White House : life of Abraham Lincoln: boyhood, youth, manhood, assassination, death /

Other Title:
Life of Abraham Lincoln: boyhood, youth, manhood, assassination, death; Life of Lincoln
Authors:
Bancroft, George, Thayer, William Makepeace,
Other Authors:
Bancroft, George, 1800-1891.
Item ID:
71200908402274; 71200908402275
Publisher:
New York : J.B. Alden, 1883, c1882 ([Boston] : Boston Stereotype Foundry)
Call Number:
E457 .T376 1883
Physical Description:
469 p., [9] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 20 cm.
Topic:
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Note:
CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS TO REACH THIS DOCUMENT.; Birthplace -- A schoolboy -- The old home sold -- A new home made -- After game -- Darker days -- Brighter hours -- A new mother and schools -- Borrowing and what came of it -- Working and winning -- Upward and onward -- On the flatboat -- Sundry incidents -- Off to Illinois -- Another trip to New Orleans -- In a pioneer store -- Still a clerk -- On the war path -- Unsought honors -- Laurels won -- Successful lawyer -- The rising statesman -- Going up higher -- Life in the White House -- His great interest in soldiers -- His work for the colored people -- Still in the White House -- Shot of the assassin -- Funeral ceremonies -- Oration / Hon. George Bancroft.; Copy 1: Bound in cloth; frontispiece, t.p. nearly detached.; Copy 1: Handwritten signature in pencil on flyleaf: Rev. D.T. Williams.; Copy 2: Rebound in cloth; frontispiece.; Copy 2: Handwritten inscription in ink on third prelim. p.: Herbert W. Thayer, from Uncle William.
OCLC Number:
ocm03094089
Holding Institution:
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Available for Viewing:
By appointment only
Category:
Books & Pamphlets