The Life of Abraham Lincoln Volumes 1 & 2, Volúmenes1-2Digital Scanning Inc, 1998 - 426 páginas The work here offered the public was begun in 1894 at the suggestion of Mr. S. S. McClure and Mr. J. S. Phillips, editors of "McClure's Magazine." Their desire was to add to our knowledge of Abraham Lincoln by collecting and preserving the reminiscences of such of his contemporaries as were then living. In undertaking the work it was determined to spare neither labor nor money and in this determination Mr. McClure and his associates have never wavered. Without the sympathy, confidence, suggestion, and criticism, which they have given the work it would have been impossible. They established in their editorial rooms what might be called a Lincoln Bureau and from there an organized search was made for reminiscences, pictures, and documents. To facilitate the work, all persons possessing or knowing of Lincoln material were asked through the magazine to communicate with the editor. The response was immediate and amazing. Hundreds of persons from all parts of the country replied. In every case the clues thus obtained were investigated and if the matter was found to be new and useful was secured. The author wrote thousands of letters and traveled thousands of miles in collecting the material, which came to the editor simply as a result of this request in the magazine. The work thus became one in which the whole country cooperated. No attempt has been made to cover the history of Lincoln's times save as necessary in tracing the development of his mind and in illustrating his moral qualities. It is Lincoln the man, as seen by his fellows and revealed by his own acts and words that the author has tried to picture. |
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... Black Hawk War-Lincoln Chosen Captain of a Company-Re-enlists as an Independent Ranger-End of the War. . . . . . . . . . . VII. Lincoln Runs for State Assembly and is Defeated-Storekeeper-Student-Postmaster-Surveyor . . . . . VIII ...
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... . But before the store was fairly closed, and while the “Talisman” was yet exciting the country, an event occurred which interrupted all of Lincoln's plans. CHAPTER VI THE BLACK HAWK WAR-LINCOLN CHOSEN CAPTAIN OF A 72 LIFE OF LINCOLN.
... Black Hawk, had invaded the Rock River country, to the great terror of the frontier inhabitants ; and it called upon the citizens who were willing to aid in repelling them, to rendezvous at Beardstown within a week. The name of Black Hawk ...
... Black Hawk, exasperated and broken-hearted at seeing his village violated, persuaded himself that the village had never been sold-indeed, that land could not be sold. “My reason teaches me,” he wrote, “that land cannot be sold. The ...