Abraham Lincoln

A collection of over 240 speeches, letters, and drafts written by Abraham Lincoln between 1832 and 1858, the period during which he progressed from rural lawyer to the office of President of the United States.

"The first full-color facsimile edition of Lincoln's private notes, Abraham Lincoln's Diary is a deluxe collection of some of his most revelatory private writings. An essential archive, here presented exactly as Lincoln wrote them on scraps of paper, these "notes to self" appear alongside original, contextualizing essays by New York Times bestselling presidential biographer Ronald C. White. A deeply private man, closed off to even those who worked...

Spine title: Lincoln : speeches and writings, 1859-1865. On t.p.: Speeches, letters, and miscellaneous writings; presidential messages and proclamations.

Poems written by the future president when he returned to Indiana, where he had grown up, on a campaign trip in 1844, include "My Childhood's Home," "But Here's an Object--," and "The Bear Hunt."

Presents the first complete, unexpurgated text of the 1858 LincolnDouglas debates.