Herndon's Life of Lincoln: The History and Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln (Classic Reprint)

Herndon's Life of Lincoln: The History and Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln (Classic Reprint)
ISBN-10
0331898616
ISBN-13
9780331898613
Series
Herndon's Life of Lincoln
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
578
Language
English
Published
2017-11-25
Publisher
Forgotten Books
Author
William Henry Herndon

Description

Excerpt from Herndon's Life of Lincoln: The History and Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln Some persons will doubtless object to the narration of certain facts which appear here for the first time, and which they contend should have been consigned to the tomb. Their pretense is that no good can come from such ghastly exposures. To such over-sensitive souls, if any such exist, my answer is that these facts are indispensable to a full knowledge of Mr. Lincoln in all the walks of life. In order properly to comprehend him and the stirring, bloody times in which he lived, and in which he played such an important part, we must have all the facts - we must be prepared to take him as he was. In determining Lincoln's title to greatness we must not only keep in mind the times in which he lived, but we must. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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