Publisher's Note Originally published in six volumes, which sold over a million copies, Carl Sandburg's 'Abraham Lincoln' was praised as 'the greatest historical biography of our generation.' Sandburg later distilled this monumental work into this one-volume edition that critics and readers alike consider the author's crowning achievement and the definitive life of Lincoln. Sandburg's extraordinary portrait brings fully to life the young country lawyer as well as the president who became the central figure in the wildest storm that ever shook the American Republic.
Industry Reviews "A new experience awaits the reader of Carl Sandburg's book on Lincoln. There has never been a biography quite like this before....It is as full of facts as Jack Horner's pie was full of plums. In the work of reporting, of assembling the vast stores of Lincoln material, Mr. Sandburg has been untiring. An extraordinary vitality pervades this story...Carl Sandburg has written a book that merits the reading and meditation of every American." Hiaasen