Library Record
Metadata
Title |
"A Short Life Of Abraham Lincoln" |
Author |
John G. Nicolay |
Catalog Number |
2021.FIC.0652 |
Summary |
"A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln" (1903) by John G. Nicolay. A biography of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States. Mr. Nicolay was Lincoln's private secretary while Lincoln was President and had daily contact with Mr. Lincoln from his first inauguration in 1861 to his assassination in 1865. Mr. Nicolay on p. 549 wrote of Abraham Lincoln's early life: "A child born to an inheritance of want; a boy growing into a narrow world of ignorance; a youth taking up the burden of coarse manual labor; a man entering on the doubtful struggle of a local backwoods career." On the inside cover of the book is written, "Grace Rust." |
People |
Lincoln, Abraham Nicolay, John G. Rust, Grace |
Subjects |
Government officials Government ownership Historians History Presidents Slavery War |
Published Date |
1903 |
Publisher |
The Century Co. |
Published Place |
New York |