New York.: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy., 1961. Unstated edition. Rear Jacket flap announces BOMC selection.. Hard cover. Very good in good dust jacket. Signed by author. Back top of DJ is chipped. Protected in clear, clean wrapper. Inscribed by author, 1961, free endpaper.. Gorsline, Douglas (Grayscale illustrations from watercolors / charcoal by). 1 89 p. 24 cm. Many Illustrations. Production details at back of book. High quality paper, offset lithography. A chronicle of Abe Lincoln's formative years into young adulthood in the frontier village of New Salem, Illinois, it was written to honor the centennial of his first inauguration, March 4, 1861, and commissioned by the editors of Saturday Evening Post. At 21, Lincoln came there as a flatboatman employee, he left for Springfield as a new counsellor-at-law at age 28. At this writing, author had already won Pulitzer and Bancroft Prizes in History.

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Seller: Hedgehog's Whimsey Books (US)
Seller's Inventory #: Alibris.0005598
Title: Citizen of New Salem
Author: Horgan, Paul
Illustrator: Gorsline, Douglas (Grayscale illustrations from watercolors / charcoal by)
Format/Binding: Hard cover
Book Condition: Used - Very good in good dust jacket. Signed by author. Back top of DJ is chipped. Protected in clear, clean wrapper. Inscribed by auth
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Unstated edition. Rear Jacket flap announces BOMC selection.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy.
Place of Publication: New York.
Date Published: 1961
Keywords: US History
Bookseller catalogs: US History & American Studies;

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Hedgehog's Whimsey Books was born in a random moment when I decided to become a used books seller. Beginning in 2001, I apprenticed myself with a longtime pro in the next town, hoping to learn her secrets. She encouraged my free help but was wary of sharing all those secrets. Nonetheless, she turned me loose when she felt I would not embarrass her; she was impressed, finding I actually knew something about books and authors and styles. I am still learning, and I am having a good time with the random avalanches of books to be recycled into good homes, one by one. Inventory has mounted: my mother downsized her 7,000-plus library, and we (my Geezer and I) went to library book sales, yard emporiums on weekends, estate dispersals, and added the books my kids left behind, wanting to stock their own shelves anew. Some folks simply tooled down our dirt road and left boxes on our porch. Myself? Well, I am also a photographer, journalist, curious stuff collector, avid reader, writer, editor, small-time publisher, and online pontificator. At Hedgehog Enterprises, I do "Words & Pictures by & for Folks with Prickly Backs, Soft Bellies, & Small Brains", established in 1991. Since I have the smallest brain (by unpopular vote), I am the Head Hedgehog. Do I specialize in particular genres? I thought I did, but my barn has lots of Geezer-built shelves, and we have many interests, so topics vary, as do book conditions and editions. I try to describe such, and sometimes have too much fun as I poke along. There is no charge for the therapy of browsing, folks, so find my sites and stay awhile. If a purchase results, know that the tax collector in Newport, New Hampshire, may get a pleasant surprise. Or, I may buy a few more apple cider donuts or sweet potatoes. No pressure. Hedgehogs do have yearnings. If you should visit by chance or by appointment, enjoy our old New Hampshire farmhouse location alongside the Sugar River and its companion recreation Rail Trail, nearby two historic railroad covered bridges just off Chandlers Mill Road. Feel welcome. -- Lucy G Wells, proprietor.

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