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Abraham lincoln was the 16th president of the united states, serving from march 1861 until his assassination in april 1865. Abraham lincoln shortly after abraham lincoln s death, several biographical sketches or life of lincoln s were published. To put that in perspective, it is more recent to ketcham than president kennedys assassination is to us, and abrahams son robert was still alive, as well as many. In the most troubled of times, here was a man who led the country out of slavery and preserved a shattered union in short, one of the greatest presidents this country has ever seen. The life and public services of abraham lincoln together with his state papers and the closing scenes connected with his life and death by raymond, henry j. The life of abraham lincoln henry ketcham kindle store. Henry ketcham wrote this book in 1901, a mere 36 years after abraham lincoln was assassinated. Download as many audiobooks, ebooks, language audio courses, and language eworkbooks as you want during the free trial and its all yours to keep even if you cancel during the free trial. Click download or read online button to get the life of abraham lincoln book now. Reading donalds book right now, and have a couple of the others on my reading list, but here are some others i was unaware of. This book was written by henry ketcham in 1901, only 36 years after abraham lincoln was assassinated. In this probing biography, author henry ketcham provides a detailed look at lincolns life and rise to prominence. For help with downloading a wikipedia page as a pdf, see help. Henry ketcham s the life of abraham lincoln would be classified as biography.
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