Abraham Lincoln;: The prairie years,

by Carl Sandburg

Hardcover, 1931

Status

Available

Call number

973.7

Publication

Blue Ribbon Books (1931), 604 pages

Description

This definitive, single-volume edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography delivers "a Lincoln whom no other man . . . could have given us" (New York Herald Tribune Book Review). Celebrated for his vivid depictions of the nineteenth-century American Midwest, Carl Sandburg brings unique insight to the life of Abraham Lincoln in this distinguished biography. He captures both the man who grew up on the Indiana prairie and the president who held the country together through the turbulence and tragedy of the Civil War. Based on a lifetime of research, Sandburg's biographywas originally published as a monumental, six-volume study. The author later distilled the work down to this single-volume edition that is considered by many to be his greatest work of nonfiction.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member estamm
Well, I see that most other ratings agreed with mine! This is the better part of the Sandburg biography. I'd almost say read this part but skip 'The War Years' and read 'Team of Rivals' instead.
LibraryThing member antiquary
My understanding is that professional Lincoln scholars tend to distrust Sandberg for relying too much on local traditions which may have been romanticized. However, I think he does write well and provides an interesting focus on Lincoln's early years.

Awards

Friends of American Writers Award (First Place — Adult Literature — 1933)

Language

Original publication date

1926

Physical description

604 p.
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