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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; Pioneer home to White House
Authors:
Bancroft, George, Thayer, William Makepeace,
Other Authors:
Bancroft, George, 1800-1891.
Item ID:
71200908402269
Publisher:
Boston : J.H. Earle, 1888, c1882 (New York : Trow's Printing and Bookbinding Co.)
Call Number:
E457 .T376 1888
Physical Description:
469 p., [8] 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.; Book, cloth; frontispiece, illustrated front cover, front and back covers nearly detached.; Handwritten inscription in ink on first prelim. p.: To Harry R. Smith, August 1st, 1888, from his wife, Lou M. Smith.
OCLC Number:
ocn609871308
Holding Institution:
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Available for Viewing:
By appointment only
Category:
Books & Pamphlets