 | Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years & the War Years (Library of the Presidents) by Carl Sandburg
Buy used from: $2.71 Sandburg has been critized for taking some poetic licence with this work, but it still stands as a major American classic; it is worth your while to find and read it in its original 6 volumes
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 | Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President (Library of Religious Biography) by Allen C. Guelzo
Buy new: $16.50 / Used from: $10.50 an intellectual biography of Lincoln, examining his ideas and philosophy
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 | Herndon's Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life (History & Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln) by William Henry Herndon
Buy new: $31.96 / Used from: $39.50 Lincoln the man, as seen by his law partner; Herndon's biography deals with Lincoln before Washington and the war
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 | Herndon's Informants: Letters, Interviews, and Statements about Abraham Lincoln
Buy new: $37.12 / Used from: $37.20 Herdon spent years gathering material for his Life of Lincoln, and those sources are presented here for first hand study
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 | The Complete Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858 by Abraham Lincoln
Buy new: $28.00 / Used from: $7.95 the debates that brought Lincoln national prominence and set up his dark horse victory in the 1860 election
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 | Lincoln, Douglas, and Slavery: In the Crucible of Public Debate by David Zarefsky
Buy new: $25.00 / Used from: $16.98 gives historical context for the Lincoln - Douglas debates, and provides analyzes
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 | Crisis of the House Divided: An Interpretation of the Issues in the Lincoln-Douglas Debates by Harry V. Jaffa
Buy used from: $10.75 "breaks new ground, and opens a new view of Lincoln's signifigance as a political thinker" -T. Harry Williams
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 | A New Birth of Freedom: Abraham Lincoln and the Coming of the Civil War by Harry Jaffa
Buy new: $26.37 / Used from: $8.66 sequal to Crisis of the House Divided presents a strong case for Lincolns political philosophy based on a radical reading of the Declaration of Independance
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 | Lincoln at Cooper Union: The Speech That Made Abraham Lincoln President by Harold Holzer
Buy used from: $6.92 good analysis of the speach that launched Lincoln into the White House
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 | Inside Lincoln's White House: The Complete Civil War Diary of John Hay
Buy new: $26.55 / Used from: $19.98 John Hay was one of Lincoln's secretaries in Washington, and saw and recorded the inner workings of Lincolns White House
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 | At Lincoln's Side: John Hay's Civil War Correspondence and Selected Writings
Buy used from: $25.00 more material from Lincoln's secretary
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 | An Oral History of Abraham Lincoln: John G. Nicolay's Interviews and Essays
Buy new: $35.00 / Used from: $11.00 Nicolay was Lincoln's senior secretary in Washington, and his observations shed much light on Lincoln's war years
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 | With Lincoln in the White House:: Letters. Memoranda, and other Writings of John G. Nicolay, 1860-1865
Buy used from: $94.65 more important inside information on the workings of Lincoln's White House from his senior secretary
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 | Lincoln and His Generals (Lincoln & His Generals) by T. Harry Williams
Buy used from: $2.15 examines Lincoln's role as commander in chief, and the way he initiated a modern command system for the country
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 | Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America by Allen C. Guelzo
Buy used from: $0.97 together with saving the Union, Lincoln's most important legacy
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 | Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America by Garry Wills
Buy new: $28.95 / Used from: $10.05 first rate examination of Lincoln's most famous and timeless speach and its continuing importance
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 | With Charity for All: Lincoln and the Restoration of the Union by William C. Harris
Buy used from: $10.19 interestesting examination of Lincoln's plan for reunited the Union: a great "what if" of history
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 | Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution by James M. McPherson
Buy new: $13.59 / Used from: $3.82 excellent essays on Lincoln's revolutionary influence on our country from one of our foremost historians
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 | Lincoln's Constitution by Daniel A. Farber
Buy new: $8.53 / Used from: $10.49 an examination of Lincoln's thinking on the Constitution, and how he faced the perplexing constitutional issues that arose from the war
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 | The Lincoln Enigma: The Changing Faces of an American Icon
Buy new: $31.49 / Used from: $2.38 essays examining Lincoln and his legacy
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 | Lincoln in American Memory by Merrill D. Peterson
Buy new: $30.10 / Used from: $8.99 examination of the changing face of what Lincoln has ment to Americans since his death
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 | Lincoln; a picture story of his life by Stefan Lorant
Buy used from: $10.96 Lincoln's likeness is perhaps the most recognizable of any American; this is an excellent collection of photographs, drawings, & political cartoons that capture him as he was, and as he was seen
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| The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln by Abraham Lincoln
Buy used from: $15.00 Lincoln wrote with a brilliant, eloquent simplicity, creating some of the greatest and most important of all American speaches and documents; 8 volumes
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 | Abraham Lincoln : Speeches and Writings 1832-1858 (Library of America) by Abraham Lincoln
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $6.50 if you are not ready to tackle Lincoln's eight volume collected works, read these two volumes from Library of America
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 | Lincoln: Speeches and Writings: Volume 2: 1859-1865 (Library of America) by Abraham Lincoln
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $5.10 volume two
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