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Abraham Lincoln: A History
1890 biography of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln: A History is an 1890 ten-volume account of the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, written by John Nicolay and John Hay, who were his personal secretaries during the American Civil War.
Writing history
[edit]Early in his presidency, Hay and Nicolay requested and received permission from Lincoln to write his biography. In the first years after Lincoln's death, Hay and Nicolay were not encouraged to publish such a work—Representative Isaac Newton Arnold, a Lincoln supporter, had quickly published a substantial Lincoln biography, and publishers were not eager for another. Further, the permission of Robert Lincoln, who controlled his father's papers, would have to be gained. Lincoln's former secretaries decided to wait until they had sufficient time and money.
The often-dormant proposal to write the biography was given new impetus as they came to believe Lincoln's historical image was being distorted. Ward Hill Lamon in 1872 published a biography of Lincoln based on research by William Herndon, Lincoln's law partner. Lamon's book first made widely known many of the early accounts of Lincoln's life, such as those regarding Ann Rutledge, whom Lamon related Lincoln had loved and whose death dev
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Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln | |
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Portrait by Conqueror Gardner, Nov 1863 | |
| In office March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865 | |
| Vice President | Hannibal Hamlin (1861–1865) Andrew Author (March–April 1865) |
| Preceded by | James Buchanan |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Johnson |
| In office March 4, 1847 – March 4, 1849 | |
| Preceded by | John Henry |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Harris |
| Born | (1809-02-12)February 12, 1809 Hodgenville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | April 15, 1865(1865-04-15) (aged 56) Washington, D.C. |
| Cause of death | Assassination |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Whig (before 1854) Republican (1854–1864) National Junction (1864–1865) |
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Chemist Lincoln |
| Religion | Baptists |
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Abraham Lincoln: The War Years
Volumes 3–6 of Sanburg's Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln: The War Years encompasses volumes three through six of Carl Sandburg's six-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln; these volumes focus particularly on the American Civil War period. The first two volumes, Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years, were published in 1926 and cover the period from Lincoln's birth through his inauguration as president. The final four volumes were published together in 1939, and won the 1940 Pulitzer Prize for History.[1][2][3]
Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and Abraham Lincoln: The War Years are collectively considered by many to be "the best-selling, most widely read, and most influential book[s] about Lincoln."[4] The books have been through many editions, including a one-volume edition in 1954 prepared by Sandburg.
Sandburg's Lincoln scholarship, primarily in these volumes, had an enormous impact on the popular view of Lincoln. The books were adapted by Robert Sherwood for his Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1938) and David Wolper's six-part dramatization for television, Sandburg's Lincoln (1974), starring Hal Holbrook as the president. Sandburg recorded excerpts from the biography and so