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An American Marriage

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Availability:In StockContributor:Michael BurlingamePublish date:2021-11-16Pages:310
Language:EnglishPublisher:Pegasus BooksISBN-13:9781643137346ISBN-10:1643137344UPC:9781643137346Book Category:History, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:United States, HistoricalBook Topic:19th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.10 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SC4ZCFPN60

An American Marriage

Abraham Lincoln was apparently one of those men who regarded "connubial bliss" as an untenable fantasy. During the Civil War, he pardoned a Union soldier who had deserted the army to return home to wed his sweetheart. As the president signed a document sparing the soldier's life, Lincoln said: "I want to punish the young man-probably in less than a year he will wish I had withheld the...

Language:EnglishPublisher:Pegasus BooksISBN-13:9781643137346ISBN-10:1643137344UPC:9781643137346Book Category:History, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:United States, HistoricalBook Topic:19th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.10 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SC4ZCFPN60
Michael Burlingame holds the Chancellor Naomi B. Lynn Distinguished Chair in Lincoln Studies at the University of Illinois Springfield. He is the author or editor of several books about Lincoln, including An American Marriage; Lincoln Observed; The Inner World of Abraham Lincoln; and the two-volume critical masterpiece Abraham Lincoln: A Life. Michael lives in Springfield, Illinois.
Publisher: Pegasus Books

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