Abraham Lincoln the Prairie Years and the War Years Volume 1

by Carl Sandburg

Paperback

Published January 1, 1963

About the author

Free verse poems of known American writer Carl August Sandburg celebrated American people, geography, and industry; alongside his six-volume biography Abraham Lincoln (1926-1939), his collections of poetry include Smoke and Steel (1920).

This best editor won Pulitzer Prizes. Henry Louis Mencken called Carl Sandburg "indubitably an American in every pulse-beat."

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Reviews

[Johnny]

A tremendous amount of detail about one of my favorite American historical figures. If you don’t like deep detail, you may not like this book. If you like detail, the Civil War and President Lincoln this is for you.

[Taylor Overbey]

This book paints a picture of Lincoln as a human being, and how his decisions shaped the world in his day, and ours.

[Rebecca Stilson]

Way too much extraneous information. Couldn’t get much past 1/2 way through

[Terry]

I put this one aside to finish later. Very good historical info, in as much as I have read so far.

[Donald Johnson]

I listened to this as an audiobook. What an outstanding piece of work. Sandberg really knew his subject and gives a real sense of his person throughout. Great book.