Abraham Lincoln: A Life
- ISBN-10
- 1421410672
- ISBN-13
- 9781421410678
- Series
- Abraham Lincoln
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 960
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-04-01
- Publisher
- JHU Press
- Author
- Michael Burlingame
Description
Published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth, this landmark publication establishes Burlingame as the most assiduous Lincoln biographer of recent memory and brings Lincoln alive to modern readers as never before.
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