The Lincoln Country in Pictures |
FOREWORD A Brief Chronology of Abraham Lincoln The LINCOLN COUNTRY: IN PICTURES by Carl and Rosalie Frazier Transcriber's Notes
The Isaac Golliher house. Split-rail fence. The LINCOLN COUNTRY in Pictures By CARL and ROSALIE FRAZIER Ox-drawn wagon. HASTINGS HOUSE Publishers New York 22 The story of Abraham Lincoln is ever fresh. It appeals to the imagination and grips the vision of many people in various ways. Perhaps that is why millions of visitors make pilgrimages to the humble abodes in which he lived and the places he frequented. Photograph Courtesy Chicago Historical Society. “Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed by my fellow men, rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this ambition, is yet to be developed.” —Address to Sangamon County, March 9, 1832. Copyright © 1963, by Carl and Rosalie Frazier All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced without written permission of the publisher. Published simultaneously in Canada by S. J. Reginald Saunders, Publishers, Toronto 2B Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 63-19173 Printed in the United States of America
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