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Beveridge, Albert Jeremiah, 1862-1927 Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1858 Vol 1

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.274.01 Author/Creator: Beveridge, Albert Jeremiah, 1862-1927 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Book Date: 1928 Pagination: 2 v. : xxviii, 607 p. , 741 p. : illus., ports., maps ; 24.5 x 17.2 cm. Order a Copy

Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company and The Riverside Press Cambridge of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Details the life of Abraham Lincoln. Divided into sections based on time and location. Beveridge meant this work to be a companion to his book, The Life of John Marshall, where he chronicles the history of the United States through the life of a historical figure. With both works, Beveridge covers the history of America from colonial days to the end of the Civil War. In volume one, the first two pages are glued together at the bottom, and the right edge of the first four pages in the works cited section are uncut. Navy blue covers with stamped gold lettering on the spine and front cover. Sewn binding. Written at Boston, Massachusetts and New York, New York

Beveridge, Albert Jeremiah, 1862-1927
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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