02345cam a22003133u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000090011910000330012824500480016126400510020930000470026033600260030733700260033333800360035950000310039550802270042652012300065353400450188365300320192870000280196085600430198839630UtSlPG20260610133916.0mcr n260607r2012||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a11009937  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aE4561 aLamon, Ward Hill,d1828-189310aRecollections of Abraham Lincoln, 1847-1865 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2012  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2012-05-05  aE-text prepared by Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://archive.org/details/americana)  a"Recollections of Abraham Lincoln, 1847-1865" by Ward Hill Lamon is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This work offers a close examination of the life and presidency of Abraham Lincoln, focusing on personal anecdotes and insights from Lamon's long friendship with Lincoln, who was his law partner before becoming the President of the United States. The book provides a unique perspective on the man behind the legend, exploring his character, humor, and the complexities of his professional relationships.  The opening of this volume establishes Lamon's intentions and motivations for writing these recollections, emphasizing the importance of documenting Lincoln's inner life for posterity. Lamon shares his early encounters with Lincoln, illustrating the warmth of their friendship through anecdotes of their time together both personally and in their legal profession. The narrative captures the essence of Lincoln's humility, kindness, and principled nature, indicating that Lamon seeks to present a more intimate view of Lincoln beyond the formal biographies, revealing the many sides of an iconic figure during a tumultuous period in American history. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aLincoln, Abraham, 1809-18651 aTeillard, Dorothy Lamon40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39630