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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Charyn, Jerome.
I am Abraham : a novel of Lincoln and the Civil War / Jerome Charyn. — First Edition.
pages cm
ISBN 978-0-87140-427-5 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-0-871-40772-6 (e-book)
1. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809–1865—Fiction. 2. United States—History—1861–1865—Fiction. 3. Presidents—United States—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3553.H33I26 2014
813’.54—dc23
2013041287
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Table of Contents
Prologue: The Silver Sword of Appomattox
N EW S ALEM: 1831–1835
S PRINGFIELD: 1837–1842
I LLINOIS & B EYOND: 1858–1860
T HE D ISTRICT: 1861
T HE D ISTRICT: 1862, Winter–Spring
S OLDIERS ’ H OME: 1862, Summer–Fall
T HE D ISTRICT & E NVIRONS: 1863 & Winter 1864
T HE D ISTRICT & E NVIRONS: 1864 & Winter 1865
D IXIE L AND: 1865, March & April
Author’s Note
I Am Abraham Page 41