Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and The War Years: The Illustrated Edition

by Carl Sandburg, Alan Axelrod (Introduction), Edward C Goodman (Editor)

Overview

Originally published in six volumes, Sandburg's Abraham Lincoln was called "the greatest historical biography of our generation." Sandburg distilled this work into one volume that became the definitive life of Lincoln. Index; photographs. 5-5/16 X 8.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781402742880
Publisher:	Sterling
Publication date:	11/01/2007
Series:	The Illustrated Editions Series
Edition description:	Illustrate
Pages:	464
Product dimensions:	9.30(w) x 10.10(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

Carl Sandburg was the author of more than 40 books of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. He was twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize—for History and for Poetry. Among the many literary awards he received were the American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for History and Biography and the Poetry Society of America’s gold medal for distinguished achievement.

Editorial Reviews

There has never been biography quite like this before. . . . Carl Sandburg has written a book that merits the reading and meditation of every American. -- Books of the Century; New York Times reivew, February 1926

New York Times Book Review