Abraham Lincoln : Speeches and Writings 1832-1858 (Library of America) (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of Abraham Lincoln : Speeches and Writings 1832-1858 (Library of America) Saturday, August 1 2009.

• With over 100,000 copies in print, here, with a new jacket for Lincoln’s bicentennial, is the first volume in The Library of America’s acclaimed, comprehensive edition of Lincoln’s writings, featuring 240 speeches, letters, and drafts charting his rise from rural law practice to national prominence. It includes the full texts of the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates and the House Divided speech, as well as a detailed chronology of Lincoln’s life and helpful explanatory notes prepared by the late Lincoln scholar Don E. Fehrenbacher. ??The companion volume, also available in a bicentennial edition, is Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865 .

Shelfari edited the contributors of Abraham Lincoln : Speeches and Writings 1832-1858 (Library of America) Saturday, July 25 2009.

• Added a contributor: Abraham Lincoln: (Primary Author)
• Added a contributor: Don Edward Fehrenbacher: (Primary None)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of Abraham Lincoln : Speeches and Writings 1832-1858 (Library of America) Friday, July 17 2009.

• FELLOW-CITIZENS: Having become a candidate for the honorable office of one of your representatives in the next General Assembly of this state, in accordance with an established custom, and the principles of true republicanism, it becomes my duty to make known to you-the people whom I propose to represent-my sentiments with regard to local affairs.