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Carl Sandburg's Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and The War Years, Volume 3

by Carl Sandburg

Catalogued August 31, 2026

The Work

First published
1954
Original publisher
Harcourt, Brace and Company

Drew's Copy

Edition
Laurel paperback edition
Printing
Tenth Dell printing, August 1971
Publisher
Dell Publishing Co.
Published in
New York
Copy published
1971
Binding
Mass-market paperback
Collection status
On the shelves
Reading status
Unread
Condition
Inherited family copy with cover rubbing, edge wear, creasing, and age-toned pages
Abraham LincolnBiographyAmerican PresidentsCivil WarNineteenth CenturyAmerican HistoryHistory

Acquisition & Provenance

Acquisition type
Inherited family book
Context
From Drew's grandad's library
Previous owner
Drew's grandad
Provenance
This copy previously belonged to Drew’s grandad.

How This Copy Came to the Library

Grandads library.

About This Copy

This is Volume 3 of the three-volume Laurel paperback edition of Carl Sandburg’s Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and The War Years. It is the tenth Dell printing, issued in August 1971 by arrangement with Harcourt, Brace and Company. The cover price is 75¢.

Memories & Connections

Grandads library.

The third volume of Carl Sandburg’s three-volume Lincoln biography covers the final phase of the Civil War, from the election of 1864 through Appomattox and Abraham Lincoln’s assassination.

Drew's Copy
Front cover of Drew's copy of Carl Sandburg's Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and The War Years, Volume 3
The front cover of Drew's inherited Laurel edition of Carl Sandburg's Abraham Lincoln, Volume 3.
Back cover of Drew's copy of Carl Sandburg's Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and The War Years, Volume 3
The back cover describes The War Years and reproduces portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Carl Sandburg.
Half-title of Drew's copy of Carl Sandburg's Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and The War Years, Volume 3
The volume page identifies Volume III as The War Years, 1864-1865.
Title page of Drew's copy of Carl Sandburg's Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and The War Years, Volume 3
The title page identifies the three-volume Laurel edition of Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and The War Years.
Copyright page of Drew's copy of Carl Sandburg's Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and The War Years, Volume 3
The copyright page identifies this copy as the tenth Dell printing, issued in August 1971.