Abraham Lincoln
ISBN: 978-13-349-3939-6
Format: 15.2x22.9cm
Liczba stron: 84
Oprawa: Miękka
Wydanie: 2018 r.
Język: angielski
Dostępność: aktualnie niedostępny
Excerpt from Abraham Lincoln: His Autobiographical Writings Now Brought Together for the First Time, and Prefaced With an Introductory Comment by Paul M. Angle<br><br>A few days after Abraham Lincoln was nominated for the presidency John Locke Scripps of the Chicago Press and Tribune visited him for the purpose of obtaining material for a campaign biography. Why, Scripps, said Lincoln, it is a great piece of folly to attempt to make anything out of me or my early life. It can all be condensed into a single sentence, and that sentence you will find in Gray's Elegy, The short and simple annals of the poor.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.