An Archaeological And Architectural Assessment Of The Lincoln Log Cabin, Rural Macon County, Illinois

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Books

Abraham Lincoln in Macon County

Johns, Jane Martin.  Personal Recollections of Early Decatur, Abraham Lincoln, Richard J.  

     Oglesby and The Civil War.   Kessinger Publishing, LLC,  January 10, 2008.

Kyle, Otto R. Abraham Lincoln in Decatur.  Vantage Press:1st edition, 1957.

Macon County Historical Society and the Decatur-Macon County Heritage Committee.

     The Lincolns, the Hanks, and Macon County.  Macon County Historical Society and Decatur-

      Macon County Heritage Committee, 1973.

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Lincoln’s Law Career

Dirck, Brian.  Lincoln the Lawyer. University of Illinois Press, 2009. 

Duff, John J. A, Lincoln, Prairie Lawyer. Rinehart, 1960

Fraker, Guy.  Lincoln's Ladder to the Presidency: The Eighth Judicial Circuit . Southern 

       Illinois University Press, 2012

Fraker, Guy.  Looking for Lincoln in Illinois: A Guide to Lincoln's Eighth Judicial Circuit.

     Southern Illinois University Press, 2017.

Steiner, Mark E.  An Honest Calling: The Law Practice of Abraham Lincoln. Dekalb: Northern 

     Illinois University Press, 2006.

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Lincoln’s Early Life

Sandburg, Carl, Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years  (2 volumes). New York : Harcourt, Brace

     & Company, 1926

Tarbell, Ida M. The Early Life of Abraham Lincoln.  New York: S. S. McClure, 1896.

Wilson, Douglas L. Honor’s Voice: The Transformation of Abraham Lincoln Random House, Inc:

     1998.

Winkle, Kenneth.  The Young Eagle: The Rise of Abraham Lincoln.  Taylor Trade Publishing,

      2001.

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Biographies of Lincoln

Burlingame, Michael B.  Abraham Lincoln: A Life  (2 volumes)

Donald, David Herbert.  Lincoln.  New York: Touchstone. 1966.

Herndon, William.   Herndon’s Life of Lincoln.  Westview Press, 1983.

Holmes, Fred L. Abraham Lincoln Traveled This Way.  L.C. Page& Company Publishers, 

     Boston, MA, 1930

White Jr., Ronald, C.  A Biography.  Random House, 2009.

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