Book on Abraham Lincoln

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Just rec'd word of a new book due out in September from the University of Virginia Press. It is authored by historian William W. Freehling, and the title is simply Becoming Lincoln. It is advertised as focusing on his fifty-one pre-war years and the experiences that led up to Lincoln becoming a powerful war-time leader. "Extensively illustrated" according to the notice. 376 pages.