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West Chester, Pennsylvania: Chester County Community Foundation, 2020. CW1 - A hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket that si mylar protected. Dust jacket and book have some bumped corners and light shelf wear. Included is the autobiography and first biography of Abraham Lincoln. 11.25"x8.75", 111 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Abraham Lincoln was an American lawyer and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation through the American Civil War and succeeded in preserving the Union, abolishing slavery, bolstering the federal government, and modernizing the U.S. economy. Lincoln was born into poverty in a log cabin and was raised on the frontier primarily in Indiana. He was self-educated and became a lawyer, Whig Party leader, Illinois state legislator, and U.S. Congressman from Illinois. In 1849, he returned to his law practice but became vexed by the opening of additional lands to… Read More