A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln
John George Nicolay
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John G. Nicolay was Abraham Lincoln’s private White House secretary. With assistant secretary, John Hay, he wrote the two volume definitive biography of Lincoln, "Abraham Lincoln, a Biography." Although this is a condensation by Nicolay of that biography, it is still a sizable work and a fairly thorough treatment of the life of the 16th president of the United States. (Summary by John Lieder) (18 hr 28 min)
Chapters
Chapter I | 36:49 | Read by John Lieder |
Chapter II | 37:13 | Read by John Lieder |
Chapter III | 18:37 | Read by Leon Mire |
Chapter IV | 23:15 | Read by Leon Mire |
Chapter V | 25:37 | Read by Rob Powell |
Chapter VI | 31:00 | Read by Rob Powell |
Chapter VII | 26:14 | Read by Ernst Schnell |
Chapter VIII | 17:27 | Read by Laurie Anne Walden |
Chapter IX | 36:38 | Read by John Lieder |
Chapter X | 29:54 | Read by Ernst Schnell |
Chapter XI | 18:20 | Read by Alana Jordan |
Chapter XII | 29:48 | Read by Alana Jordan |
Chapter XIII | 32:16 | Read by Allyson Hester |
Chapter XIV | 30:30 | Read by Allyson Hester |
Chapter XV | 26:06 | Read by Allyson Hester |
Chapter XVI | 28:36 | Read by Allyson Hester |
Chapter XVII | 27:43 | Read by Allyson Hester |
Chapter XVIII | 33:52 | Read by jude kaider |
Chapter XIX | 30:09 | Read by jude kaider |
Chapter XX | 23:31 | Read by jude kaider |
Chapter XXI | 33:02 | Read by jude kaider |
Chapter XXII | 30:01 | Read by jude kaider |
Chapter XXIII | 27:27 | Read by Alana Jordan |
Chapter XXIV | 34:50 | Read by jude kaider |
Chapter XXV | 30:01 | Read by John Lieder |
Chapter XXVI | 30:47 | Read by John Lieder |
Chapter XXVII | 27:13 | Read by John Lieder |
Chapter XXVIII | 20:52 | Read by Laurie Anne Walden |
Chapter XXIX | 27:09 | Read by Allyson Hester |
Chapter XXX | 39:12 | Read by Alana Jordan |
Chapter XXXI | 31:01 | Read by jude kaider |
Chapter XXXII | 37:16 | Read by jude kaider |
Chapter XXXIII | 33:18 | Read by jude kaider |
Chapter XXXIV | 25:47 | Read by jude kaider |
Chapter XXXV | 41:29 | Read by John Lieder |
Chapter XXXVI | 20:51 | Read by Laura Caldwell |
Chapter XXXVII | 38:05 | Read by Alana Jordan |
Chapter XXXVIII | 16:24 | Read by Alana Jordan |
Reviews
Good Book, mixed reader/audio quality
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Jack
I listen while driving and found some of the readers hard to hear. The audio quality could definitely be improved but I still enjoyed the content.
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Bob
excellent, original research. We studied this book in historiography at college. Nicolay was one of Lincoln's private secretaries.
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Robert Farrell
aA book written by a contemporary of Lincoln. Quite good and worth the time.