Honor's voice : the transformation of Abraham Lincoln /
Douglas L. Wilson
- 1st ed
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1998
- 383 p. ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-370) and index
Examines certain aspects of the life of Abraham Lincoln in the years between 1831 and 1842, presenting him as a stubborn youth, partial to off-color jokes, and prone to depression; and traces the process by which he rose from unskilled laborer to a position of prominence in the Illinois legislature
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 --Political career before 1861.