Abraham Lincoln: A Selection from the Books in the Free Public Library
Jersey City, N.J. Free Public Library, 1945.
Price: $20.00
Softcover. First edition. Stapled self-wrappers. 8pp. Near fine. A list of books about Lincoln in the library. Scarce.
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Abraham Lincoln
birth name: Abraham Lincoln
born: 2/12/1809
died: 4/15/1865
Biography
Sixteenth president of the United States (1861-65), who preserved the Union during the American Civil War and brought about the emancipation of the slaves. Assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C., he came to be regarded as a hero and martyr. He was the inspiration for much literature, including Walt Whitman's poems "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd" and "O Captain! My Captain!" Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore