Warren Louis Austin 1885 1983 Trusted (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. SIGNED by AUTHOR LOUIS A. WARREN, D. Litt, Director Emeritus, Lincoln National Life Foundation. Signed on bound-in publishers limited edition page, "This edition autographed by the author is limited to five hundred copies of which this is No.21. CONDITION: FINE hardback book in GOOD dust jacket. Cream linen cloth boards with black cloth spine; gilt lettering and pictorial imprint on front and spine. Corners sharp. Top edge gilt. Map endpapers (southern part of Indiana.) Text block clean, tight, square, appears as unread (although I know it was read at least once, by a family member interested in Lincoln.) Illustrations scattered generously throughout, of maps, drawings of surrounding, likenesses of books, pages, and documents, photos of furniture, etc. Extensive sections of Notes and Sources for documentation, as well as a thorough index. Pictorial dust jacket (statue of Lincoln as a youth), in black and rust brown with rust and white printing. Dust jacket in good condition, areas of rubbing front and back, edge chipping with 1" chunk out at top spine; price-clipped as was a gift-giving convention of the day (there is a tiny bit of black print still remaining at the clip.) Now protected in clear archival Brodart wrapper (removable.) Ephemera included: 1939 newspaper clipping "On the Lincoln Trail to Indiana" documenting the family's crossing the Ohio River from Kentucky into Indiana, and spending the night at Fort Hardin. Packaged with care and shipped in a box to arrive in best condition. Complete satisfaction guarantee; no sale is final until you are satisfied. "Abraham Lincoln ranks as one of the most remarkable figures of modern times. His extensive writings .and a vast body of Lincoln literature that pertains to them, have created a social heritage. In countless ways Lincoln's image has entered the folk consciousness of America.However, when Louis A. Warren came to Hodgenville Ky, he found even the local folklore extremely unreliable and often contradictory. As a devoted friend of fact, Warren resolved to search the public records for data which would supply documentary support for information. He gathered 550 court entries which bear the name of the Lincoln and Hanks families. In addition a thousand other documents were compiled which proved details of the activities of cognate families. Vast amounts of source material was gained through personal papers, certificates, tombstone inscriptions, school and church records." "In a real sense this book is the summation and distillation of Warren's research and thought. From his pen comes not only previously unpublished data on Lincoln's youth, but a re-affirmation of the character and standing of Abraham's father Thomas Lincoln, knowledge of the Lincoln family's proper social and economic niche in that period, and understanding of Lincoln's ethical and religious values, the backgrounds of both his sense of humor and of his melancholy, and the beginnings of his beliefs on slavery." (from the introduction and the flap.). Signed by Author(s).