![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Largely self-educated, he became a lawyer in Illinois, a Whig Party leader, and a member of the Illinois House of Representatives, where he served from 1834 to 1846. In doing so, he preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the federal government, and modernized the economy.īorn in Hodgenville, Kentucky, Lincoln grew up on the western frontier in Kentucky and Indiana. Lincoln led the United States through its Civil War-its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional and political crisis. Kunhardt Jr.Ī look at the twenty days from the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln to his burial in Springfield, Illinois.Ībraham Lincoln (Febru– April 15, 1865) was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. "Twenty Days: A Narrative in Text and Pictures of the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the Twenty Days and Nights that followed - The Nation in mourning, the Long Trip Home to Springfield." by Dorothy Meserve Kunhardt and Philip B. ![]() Over-sized edition measuring 12" x 9" x 1.5" with many black and white photographs. Luxuriously bound in full genuine leather. 2003 "Twenty Days: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln". ![]()
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