1886 Life of President ABRAHAM LINCOLN Civil War Slavery Booth 127 Years Old

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Log Cabin Series From Pioneer Home To The White House The Life Of Abraham Lincoln Boyhood , Youth , Manhood , Assassination , Death By William M. Thayer With Eulogy By Hon. George Bancroft ( Illustrated ) Published By James H. Earle 178 Washington Street, Boston 1886 Hardcover. Decorated Cloth Binding. 5.25" x 7.5" 469 Pages. *** 127 Years Old *** Biography of Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865), the 16th President of the United States , leader of the Union in the American Civil War , and emancipator of the slaves . His Gettysburg Address later that year stands as one of the most famous and influential pieces of oratory in American history. In April 1865 Abraham Lincoln was shot and killed by the Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth ; his untimely death made him a martyr to the cause of liberty and Union . Illustrated . The frontispiece is a Steel Engraving ; a portrait of Lincoln with a facsimile of his Signature . Other illustrations show scenes from Lincoln's life , his wife Mary Todd Lincoln , etc. ** Good Condition ** Some light wear to the binding. [ see the photos ] The Hinges are Tight. No markings. No writing. The paper has aged and the pages have mellowed/toned. The title-page has wear around the edges, and has been carefully reattached with a little Bookbinder's Archival Quality, Acid-Free Glue. The Pages and Illustration Plates are otherwise in Good Condition. 127 years Old. Carefully packed for shipment to the buyer . Terms of Sale Paypal accepted. International Customers: shipping charges are higher than that stated above for USPS Media Mail. Inquire for a quote. Also, there may be some delay in delivery due to the Customs operations of your own country; this varies from nation to nation. Returns will be accepted should the book(s) not match the description. Shipping costs are non-refundable. Have a look at my Many Other Books!Check out my other items ! Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln successfully led the United States through its greatest constitutional, military, and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union. Reared in a poor family on the western frontier, Lincoln was mostly self-educated, and became a country lawyer, a Whig Party leader, Illinois state legislator during the 1830s, and a one-term member of the United States House of Representatives during the 1840s. After a series of debates in 1858 that gave national visibility to his opposition to the expansion of slavery, Lincoln lost a Senate race to his arch-rival, Stephen A. Douglas. Lincoln, a moderate from a swing state, secured the Republican Party presidential nomination in 1860. With almost no support in the South, Lincoln swept the North and was elected president in 1860. His election was the signal for seven southern slave states to declare their secession from the Union and form the Confederacy. The departure of the Southerners gave Lincoln's party firm control of Congress, but no formula for compromise or reconciliation was found. Lincoln explained in his second inaugural address: "Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the Nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish, and the war came." When the North enthusiastically rallied behind the national flag after the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, Lincoln concentrated on the military and political dimensions of the war effort. His goal was now to reunite the nation. As the South was in a state of insurrection, Lincoln exercised his authority to suspend habeas corpus, arresting and temporarily detaining thousands of suspected secessionists without trial. Lincoln averted British recognition of the Confederacy by skillfully handling the Trent affair in late 1861. His efforts toward the abolition of slavery include ... read more

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