Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and The War Years

Originally published in six volumes, Sandburg’s Abraham Lincoln was called “the greatest historical biography of our generation.” Sandburg distilled this work into one volume that became the definitive life of Lincoln. Index; photographs.

Format: Paperback
ISBN-13/EAN: 9780156027526
ISBN-10: 0156027526
Pages: 800
Price: $26.00
Publication Date: 11/01/2002
Carton Quantity: 16
Reading Level:
- Lexile Reading Level 1170L

Author

Carl Sandburg

CARL SANDBURG (1878–1967) was twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize, first in 1940 for his biography of Abraham Lincoln and again in 1951 for Complete Poems. Before becoming known as a poet, he worked as a milkman, an ice harvester, a dishwasher, a salesman, a fireman, and a journalist. Among his classics are the Rootabaga Stories, which he wrote for his young daughters at the beginning of his long and distinguished literary career.

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