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Summer book read for Adults: The House of Lincoln

Tue, Jul 25

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Darien

Nancy Horan, author of the New York Times bestseller Loving Frank, returns with The House of Lincoln, which tells the story of Lincoln's ascendance from rumpled lawyer to U.S. President to Great Emancipator and presents Lincoln's Midwestern home as a complex third home front of the Civil War.

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Summer book read for Adults:  The House of Lincoln
Summer book read for Adults:  The House of Lincoln

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Jul 25, 2023, 7:00 PM

Darien, 19 Stephen Mather Rd, Darien, CT 06820, USA

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Join literary guru Samantha Gault for a discussion of American History ... Lincoln!

Nancy Horan, author of the million-copy bestseller , returns with , which tells the story of Abraham Lincoln's ascendance from rumpled lawyer to U.S. President to Great Emancipator and presents Lincoln's Midwestern home as a complex third home front of the Civil War.New York TimesLoving FrankThe House of Lincoln

Rich with historical detail, is an insightful account of Lincoln's transformative vision for democracy as observed through the eyes of a young immigrant who arrives in Lincoln's home of Springfield, Illinois from Madeira, Portugal.The House of Lincoln

Showing intelligence beyond society's expectations, fourteen-year-old Ana Ferreira is offered a job in the Lincoln household assisting Mary Lincoln with their boys and with the hosting duties borne by the wife of a rising political star. Ana bears witness to the evolution of Lincoln's views on equality and the Union and…

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