A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln

by John G. Nicolay

Overview

Reproduction of the original: A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln by John G. Nicolay

Product Details

BN ID:	2940000732786
Publisher:	B&R Samizdat Express
Publication date:	09/01/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

John George Nicolay (born February 26, 1832, as Johann Georg in Essingen, Rhenish Bavaria - September 26, 1901) was an American (German-born) biographer, secretary of US President Abraham Lincoln and member of the German branch of the Nicolay family. In 1838, he immigrated to the United States with his father, attended school in Cincinnati. He later went to Illinois, where he edited the Pike County Free Press at Pittsfield, and became a political power in the state. Then he became assistant to the secretary of state of Illinois. While in this position, he met Abraham Lincoln and became his devoted adherent.