Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years, Vol 2

Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years, by Carl Sandburg. With 105 Illustrations from photographs, and many cartoons, sketches, maps, and letters. In Two Volumes, Volume Two.

Audience
adult
Length
long · 482 pages

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