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Description of  A Self-Made Man: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln Vol. I, 1809 1849 (1)

The first in a sweeping, multi-volume history of Abraham Lincolnfrom his obscure beginnings to his presidency, death, and the overthrow of his post-Civil War plan of reconciliationengaging and informative andthought-provoking (The Christian Science Monitor). From his youth as a voracious newspaper reader, Abraham Lincoln became a free thinker, reading Tom Paine, as well as Shakespeare and the Bible. In the fascinating ( Read more