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Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years Vol 2

by Carl Sandburg. 482 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Carl Sandburg

Publisher:

   Harcourt Brace

Place of Publication:

  New York  

Publication Year:

  1926
Subjects:   Lincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865
Table of contents
Lincoln's Hat and Umbrella Frontispiece
Stephen A. Douglas and His Wife 18
Lincoln and Joseph Hanks and Wife 19
Joshua Speed and Lincoln 19
Chicago Photograph of Lincoln in 1854 34
Major's Hall and Pike House, Bloomington, Ill 35
Two Photographs of Lincoln 35
Cast of Lincoln's Hand 35
Along Adams Street from Springfield Public Square 82
West Side of Public Square, Springfield, Ill. 83
North Side of Square, Springfield, Ill. 97
Lincoln Faces of 1858 and 1860 98
The Lincoln House, Springfield, Ill. 99
Along Washington Street, Springfield, Ill. 99
Rock Island Railroad Train in Illinois 109
Illinois Central Railroad Bridge 111
Lincoln Letter to Henry E. Dummer 139
Map of Illinois and Indiana Region Where Lincoln Lived 143
Photographs of Herndon, Davis, Lincoln 202
Photographs of Hannah Armstrong, William H. Seward, Mr. and Mrs. Norman B. Judd 203
Four Chicago Scenes 234
Lincoln, the Day After Cooper Union Speech 235
Simon Cameron, Salmon P. Chase, Caleb B. Smith, and David Carter 235
Fifth Street and Cook's Hall, Springfield, Ill. 242
Two Photographs of Lincoln 243
Mary Todd Lincoln in Crinoline Days 258
Lincoln in June, 1860 259
Two Verses of "Immortality" in Lincoln's Handwriting 265
A Party Invitation in Mrs. Lincoln's Handwriting 282
Definition of "Democracy" in Lincoln's Handwriting 311
Etching of Lincoln's Hat and Umbrella by Otto J. Schneider 313
Willie Lincoln's Note 318
Panorama of Chicago in 1860 330
The Wigwam 331
Two Photographs of Lincoln 362
The Lincoln Home During 1860 Campaign 363
Vanity Fair Cartoon of Lincoln 368
Lincoln Letter to Speed 384
Office-Seekers in Lincoln Home 387
Mrs. Lincoln and Her Two Boys 402
Sarah Bush Lincoln and Her Stepson 403
The Early Bearded Lincoln 418
Steichen Portrait of Life Mask 419
Vanity Fair Cartoon of Lincoln with Beard 421
Great Western Railroad Station 425
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